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Analysis: 90 percent of Founders students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 10 percent of Founders Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a DeKalb Times 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 Founders Elementary School show about 10 percent met expectations and 0.2 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, 29 percent partially met expectations and 34 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 Founders Elementary School, which enrolled 593 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

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

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

Founders Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
10%
90.0%
2016
24.4%
75.6%
2015
28%
72.0%

How De Kalb County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School
Sandwich
Dekalb
63.7%
36.3%
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School
Hinckley
Dekalb
63.4%
36.6%
North Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
56.8%
43.2%
Prairie View Elementary School
Sandwich
Dekalb
52.6%
47.4%
North Grove Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
47%
53.0%
W. W. Woodbury Elementary School
Sandwich
Dekalb
44.9%
55.1%
James R. Wood Elementary School
Somonauk
Dekalb
43.2%
56.8%
West Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
39.9%
60.1%
Southeast Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
39.9%
60.1%
Indian Creek Elementary School
Shabbona
Dekalb
38.9%
61.1%
Genoa Elementary School
Genoa
Dekalb
38.3%
61.7%
Herman E. Dummer
Sandwich
Dekalb
37.4%
62.6%
South Prairie Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
36.9%
63.1%
Kingston Elementary School
Kingston
Dekalb
35.2%
64.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
27.5%
72.5%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
25.6%
74.4%
Tyler Elementary School
De Kalb
Dekalb
24.5%
75.5%
Cortland Elementary School
Cortland
Dekalb
22.8%
77.2%
Littlejohn Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
19.9%
80.1%
Malta Elementary School
Malta
Dekalb
16.1%
83.9%
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
14.2%
85.8%
Founders Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
10%
90.0%

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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