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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: 62 percent of Gale students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 38 percent of Gale School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Galesburg Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Gale School show about 32 percent met expectations and 5 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 29 percent approached expectations, 27 percent partially met expectations and 7 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Gale School, which enrolled 358 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Gale School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
37.5%
62.5%
2016
38.6%
61.4%
2015
36.4%
63.6%

How County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Williamsfield Elementary School
Williamsfield
Knox
50.8%
49.2%
R. O. W. V. A. Elementary School
Oneida
Knox
41.8%
58.2%
Gale School
Galesburg
Knox
37.5%
62.5%
United Elementary School - West
Monmouth
Warren
37.4%
62.6%
Mable Woolsey Elementary School
Knoxville
Knox
36.7%
63.3%
Silas Willard Elementary School
Galesburg
Knox
32.4%
67.6%
Hedding Grade School
Abingdon
Knox
30.1%
69.9%
King School
Galesburg
Knox
27.7%
72.3%
United Elementary School - North
Alexis
Warren
26.7%
73.3%
Harding Primary School
Monmouth
Warren
26.4%
73.6%
Avon Elementary School
Avon
Knox
20%
80.0%
West Central Elementary School
Biggsville
Henderson
19.9%
80.1%
Steele School
Galesburg
Knox
18.6%
81.4%
Nielson Elementary School
Galesburg
Knox
17.7%
82.3%
Central Intermediate School
Monmouth
Warren
16.2%
83.8%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
97%
3.0%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
90%
10.0%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
87.9%
12.1%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
86.1%
13.9%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84.4%
15.6%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
83.9%
16.1%
Poe Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
83.6%
16.4%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
82.9%
17.1%
Centennial School
Orland Park
Cook
82.6%
17.4%
Grafton Elementary School
Grafton
Jersey
82.1%
17.9%
Willowbrook Elementary School
Glenview
Cook
81.8%
18.2%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
81.6%
18.4%
Greeley Elementary School
Winnetka
Cook
81%
19.0%
Wilmot Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
80.7%
19.3%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
80.3%
19.7%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet
Will
79.9%
20.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
River Forest
Cook
79.5%
20.5%
Half Day School
Lincolnshire
Lake
79.1%
20.9%
Oak Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
78.9%
21.1%
Romona Elementary School
Wilmette
Cook
78.8%
21.2%

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