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Analysis: 38 percent of Smithton students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 62 percent of Smithton Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Metro East Sun 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 Smithton Elementary School show about 53 percent met expectations and 9 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 27 percent approached expectations, 8 percent partially met expectations and 3 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 Smithton Elementary School, which enrolled 518 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.

Smithton Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
62.2%
37.8%
2016
53.8%
46.2%
2015
44.9%
55.1%

How Jersey, Madison, Monroe and Saint Clair County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Smithton Elementary School
Smithton
St. Clair
62.2%
37.8%
Shiloh Middle School
Shiloh
St. Clair
49.5%
50.5%
Wolf Branch Middle School
Swansea
St. Clair
48.4%
51.6%
St. Libory Elementary School
Saint Libory
St. Clair
42.4%
57.6%
Signal Hill Elementary School
Belleville
St. Clair
33.9%
66.1%
High Mount Elementary School
Swansea
St. Clair
33.6%
66.4%
Whiteside Middle School
Belleville
St. Clair
33.1%
66.9%
Belle Valley School
Belleville
St. Clair
29.3%
70.7%
Grant Middle School
Fairview Heights
St. Clair
27.4%
72.6%
Venice Elementary School
Venice
Madison
16.9%
83.1%
Joseph Arthur Middle School
O Fallon
St. Clair
16.9%
83.1%
Estelle Sauget School of Choice
Cahokia
St. Clair
12.2%
87.8%
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School
East St Louis
St. Clair
5.6%
94.4%
Mason/Clark Middle School
East Saint Louis
St. Clair
4.2%
95.8%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
94.7%
5.3%
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
94.1%
5.9%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
93.9%
6.1%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
93.7%
6.3%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
93.2%
6.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
79.8%
20.2%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
79.2%
20.8%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
79.1%
20.9%
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
78%
22.0%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
77.7%
22.3%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
75.1%
24.9%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
73.9%
26.1%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
72.9%
27.1%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
72.7%
27.3%
Bannockburn School
Bannockburn
Lake
71.4%
28.6%
Highlands Middle School
La Grange Highlands
Cook
70.9%
29.1%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
70.9%
29.1%
STEM Magnet Academy Elementary
Chicago
Cook
70.1%
29.9%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
69.9%
30.1%

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