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Statewide test results: 86 percent of Gwendolyn Brooks students failed math

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About 14 percent of Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 86 percent of students failed, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards.

According to Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School math scores, about 13 percent met expectations and 0.7 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category are considered to be most ready to move on to the next level and are most prepared for college or work.

Another 21 percent approached expectations, while 34 percent partially met expectations and 32 percent did not meet them. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School, which enrolled 319 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
14.1%
85.9%
2016
16.4%
83.6%
2015
18.2%
81.8%

How De Kalb County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School
Hinckley
Dekalb
66.7%
33.3%
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School
Sandwich
Dekalb
63.6%
36.4%
North Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
58.1%
41.9%
W. W. Woodbury Elementary School
Sandwich
Dekalb
48.7%
51.3%
North Grove Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
47.2%
52.8%
Kingston Elementary School
Kingston
Dekalb
46.6%
53.4%
Southeast Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
44%
56.0%
Prairie View Elementary School
Sandwich
Dekalb
43.6%
56.4%
Genoa Elementary School
Genoa
Dekalb
39.1%
60.9%
James R. Wood Elementary School
Somonauk
Dekalb
39.1%
60.9%
Herman E. Dummer
Sandwich
Dekalb
38.6%
61.4%
West Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
35.6%
64.4%
Indian Creek Elementary School
Shabbona
Dekalb
35.6%
64.4%
South Prairie Elementary School
Sycamore
Dekalb
35%
65.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
27.5%
72.5%
Tyler Elementary School
De Kalb
Dekalb
22.7%
77.3%
Cortland Elementary School
Cortland
Dekalb
21.5%
78.5%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
20.7%
79.3%
Littlejohn Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
16.4%
83.6%
Malta Elementary School
Malta
Dekalb
16.1%
83.9%
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
14.1%
85.9%
Founders Elementary School
Dekalb
Dekalb
8.4%
91.6%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
95.9%
4.1%
Milledgeville Elementary School
Milledgeville
Carroll
90.9%
9.1%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
90.2%
9.8%
Greeley Elementary School
Winnetka
Cook
86.6%
13.4%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84.8%
15.2%
Centennial School
Orland Park
Cook
84.8%
15.2%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
84.1%
15.9%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
84.1%
15.9%
Wilmot Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
83.7%
16.3%
Middlefork Primary School
Northfield
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
82.2%
17.8%
Poe Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
81.6%
18.4%
Naper Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
81.5%
18.5%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
81.4%
18.6%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
81.1%
18.9%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
80.7%
19.3%
Prospect Elementary School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
80.5%
19.5%
Fry Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
80.1%
19.9%
Half Day School
Lincolnshire
Lake
79.4%
20.6%
Willowbrook Elementary School
Glenview
Cook
79.3%
20.7%

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