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CORRECTION Analysis: At bottom-ranked Brooklyn school district, 96 percent fail annual exams

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At Brooklyn Unit School District 188 in St. Clair County, 96 percent of students fell below standards on annual state assessments, putting it at the bottom of the state's 852 districts, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of Illinois State Board of Education data. 

Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90 in Kendall County had the highest rate of students statewide – 83.1 percent – who passed the annual tests.

Statewide, 34 percent of students met or exceeded expectations. The remaining 66 percent did not meet, partially met or approached expectations.

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assesses a student’s aptitude in math and English language arts for elementary to junior level of high school and is based on the Common Core State Standard principles. Illinois is one of eight states participating in PARCC as a means to measure a student’s preparedness for higher education.

The scores – a composite derived from the combined results of the Math and English tests – reveal whether a student is or is not ready for the next level. Student scores either “did not meet,” “partially met,” “approach,” “met” or “exceeded” expectations. Any student who meets or exceeds expectations is considered ready for the next level.

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Top 100 Districts in Illinois

DistrictCountyEnrollmentPercent of students ready for the next level
Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90KENDALL12183.1
Lincolnshire Prairie View School District 103LAKE164781.9
Butler School District 53DUPAGE46180
Northbrook Elementary School District 27COOK119379.4
Kenilworth School District 38COOK48577.3
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30COOK112876.8
Deerfield School District 109LAKE312476.3
Avoca School District 37COOK70075.5
Sunset Ridge School District 29COOK48074.8
Bannockburn School District 106LAKE18074
Western Springs School District 101COOK150173.1
Damiansville School District 62CLINTON12472.8
Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96LAKE305471.6
Wilmette School District 39COOK369971.2
Glencoe School District 35COOK128770.5
Aptakisic Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102LAKE212770.5
River Forest Public School District 90COOK137069.6
Bartelso School District 57CLINTON15669.2
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181DUPAGE395168.9
Golf Elementary School District 67COOK57568.5
Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65LAKE90668.5
Aviston School District 21CLINTON38768.3
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125LAKE397867
LaGrange Highlands School District 106COOK81566.8
Winnetka School District 36COOK179566.2
Gower School District 62DUPAGE87165.7
Central School District 51TAZEWELL113565
Naperville Community Unit School District 203DUPAGE1690364.9
Central Community High School District 71CLINTON53564.6
Vernon Hills Community High School District 128LAKE340464.1
Libertyville School District 70LAKE240064.1
Arlington Heights School District 25COOK534763.6
LaGrange School District 102COOK311363.3
Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130JACKSON26563.2
Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157CWILL248263
Albers School District 63CLINTON18962
Germantown School District 60CLINTON26961
Lake Forest School District 67LAKE194561
Prairie Crossing Charter SchoolLAKE39160.5
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54COOK1455260.4
Pleasantdale School District 107COOK83360
Rondout School District 72LAKE15859.8
Lemont Township High School District 210COOK141159.4
Prairie Hill Community Consolidated School District 133WINNEBAGO76159.2
Kings Consolidated School District 144OGLE9959.2
Community Consolidated School District 89DUPAGE207058.4
St. Rose School District 14-15CLINTON14958.3
Park Ridge-Niles Community Consolidated School District 64COOK430058.3
Fairview School District 72COOK64458.3
Barrington Community Unit School District 220LAKE897058.1
Dunlap Community Unit School District 323PEORIA434858.1
Palos Heights School District 128COOK73658
Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204DUPAGE2828357.9
Glen Ellyn School District 41DUPAGE353957.8
Bloomingdale School District 13DUPAGE129157.6
Tri Valley Community Unit School District 3MCLEAN103257.6
New Trier Township High School District 203COOK420657.5
Steward Elementary School District 220LEE6757.1
Mount Prospect School District 57COOK223156.9
Pecatonica Community Unit School District 321WINNEBAGO89856.8
Winfield School District 34DUPAGE35056.8
Community Unit School District 200DUPAGE1342356.8
South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74GRUNDY10556.5
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34COOK492356.3
Northbrook School District 28COOK169156.3
Byron Community Unit School District 226OGLE156256.2
Cass School District 63DUPAGE74755.9
Rockton School District 140WINNEBAGO150455.7
Fremont School District 79LAKE221355.6
Somonauk Community Unit School District 432DEKALB86455.5
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118COOK192655.5
Dieterich Community Unit School District 30EFFINGHAM48055.3
Hinckley Big Rock Community Unit School District 429DEKALB69255.3
Monroe School District 70PEORIA31655.2
Riverside School District 96COOK161855.1
Germantown Hills School District 69WOODFORD89054.9
Morton Grove School District 70COOK89354.7
Columbia Community Unit School District 4MONROE206154.7
Shiloh Village School District 85ST. CLAIR59354.6
Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24CGRUNDY8854.3
North Palos School District 117COOK330154.2
Waterloo Community Unit School District 5MONROE274154.2
Emmons School District 33LAKE31854.1
Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197CHAMPAIGN24454
River Ridge Community Unit School District 210JODAVIESS53653.9
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130ST. CLAIR51853.8
Elmhurst School District 205DUPAGE843653.6
Union Ridge School District 86COOK60453.5
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95LAKE595853.4
Itasca School District 10DUPAGE95853.1
Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24LAKE146153.1
Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73LAKE420253
Central Community Unit School District 301KANE372252.7
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303KANE1346452.5
Morton Community Unit School District 709TAZEWELL291152.5
Rutland Community Consolidated School District 230LASALLE6652.5
Skokie School District 73.5COOK102552.5
Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60CGRUNDY78552.4
Geneva Community Unit School District 304KANE587452.2
Prairie Grove Consolidated School District 46MCHENRY88851.9

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Bottom 100 Districts in Illinois

DistrictCountyEnrollmentPercent of students ready for the next level
Brooklyn Unit School District 188ST. CLAIR1563.7
Madison Community Unit School District 12MADISON7925.3
Cahokia Unit School District 187ST. CLAIR35125.3
Cairo Unit School District 1ALEXANDER5315.5
East St. Louis School District 189ST. CLAIR61475.6
Morton High School District 201COOK82906.4
South Pekin School District 137TAZEWELL2176.5
General George Patton School District 133COOK3076.8
Dolton School District 149COOK29976.9
Beardstown Community Unified School District 15CASS14396.9
Kell Consolidated School District 2MARION1177.1
Fairmont School District 89WILL3277.4
Bloom Township High School District 206COOK32457.9
Community Consolidated School District 168COOK14877.9
Chaney Monge School District 88WILL4958.3
La Salle Elementary School District 122LASALLE9228.3
Pembroke Community Consolidated School District 259KANKAKEE2858.4
Rich Township High School District 227COOK34639.3
Odin Public School District 722MARION3059.6
Lewistown Community Unit School District 97FULTON74810.2
Martinsville Community Unit School District 3CCLARK41610.4
Hazel Crest School District 152.5COOK94510.4
Venice Community Unit School District 3MADISON12110.5
Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142CHAMPAIGN9510.6
Patoka Community Unit School District 100MARION25910.8
Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36ROCK ISLAND23210.8
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426LIVINGSTON11110.8
Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3PIKE31811
Learn 9 in WaukeganLAKE19411.1
Bellwood School District 88COOK247611.2
Decatur School District 61MACON912311.3
Meridian Community Unit School District 101PULASKI50711.4
Astoria Community Unit School District 1FULTON40211.4
Hoover Schrum Memorial School District 157COOK93911.4
Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302DOUGLAS66611.5
Rantoul City School District 137CHAMPAIGN163511.6
Cicero School District 99COOK1330411.7
Thornton Township High School District 205COOK491911.9
Dongola Unit School District 66UNION28312.3
South Holland School District 151COOK159912.4
Westville Community Unit School District 2VERMILION126712.4
Edinburg Community Unit School District 4CHRISTIAN29512.4
Creve Coeur School District 76TAZEWELL66912.4
Tamaroa School District 5PERRY11412.5
New Simpson Hill School District 32JOHNSON24612.5
Wood River Hartford School District 15MADISON78212.6
Pleasant Hill School District 69PEORIA26112.7
Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11MORGAN23812.7
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147COOK139412.7
Aurora East Unit School District 131KANE1475812.8
North Chicago School District 187LAKE356912.9
Buncombe Consolidated School District 43JOHNSON6113
Limestone Community High School District 310PEORIA112513.6
Dolton School District 148COOK235713.6
Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325HANCOCK27713.7
Calumet Public School District 132COOK112713.8
East Moline School District 37ROCK ISLAND270913.9
V.I.T. Community Unit School District 2FULTON37713.9
South Fork School District 14CHRISTIAN35014.1
Posen Robbins Elementary School District 143.5COOK172614.3
Steger School District 194COOK144514.4
Granite City Community Unit School District 9MADISON658014.5
Homewood Flossmoor Community High School District 233COOK281114.5
Horizon Science Academy-BelmontCOOK29214.5
Prairie Du Rocher Community Consolidated School District 134RANDOLPH16714.6
Christopher Unit School District 99FRANKLIN81014.6
Central City School District 133MARION32114.6
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60LAKE1681914.8
Paw Paw Community Unit School District 271LEE23114.9
Ohio Community High School District 505BUREAU3415
East Peoria Community High School District 309TAZEWELL116015
Harvey School District 152COOK216615
Calumet City School District 155COOK119615.1
Rock Island Milan School District 41ROCK ISLAND646315.2
Eldorado Community Unit School District 4SALINE122615.6
Georgetown Ridge Farm Community Unit School District 4VERMILION106515.6
Leland Community Unit School District 1LASALLE29215.6
Harvard Community Unit School District 50MCHENRY244015.7
Freeport School District 145STEPHENSON418915.7
Danville Community Consolidated School District 118VERMILION620815.8
Zion Elementary School District 6LAKE283215.9
Marengo Community High School District 154MCHENRY74516
Joliet Township High School District 204WILL642716.1
Carbondale Elementary School District 95JACKSON141116.1
Maywood Melrose Park Broadview School District 89COOK515716.2
Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144COOK270416.2
Kankakee School District 111KANKAKEE529216.3
Century Community Unit School District 100PULASKI40016.3
Peoria School District 150PEORIA1404216.4
Cypress Elementary School District 64JOHNSON13216.5
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88LOGAN11016.5
Shawnee Community Unit School District 84UNION39516.5
Depue Unit School District 103BUREAU44116.7
North Greene Community Unit School District 3GREENE96816.7
Sandoval Community Unit School District 501MARION48516.7
North Wamac School District 186CLINTON13916.8
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126LAKE281216.9
Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57PIATT22316.9
Silvis School District 34ROCK ISLAND63016.9
Thornton-Fractional Township High School District 215

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Source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Editor's note: The original version of this story incorrectly listed Cherry School District 92, whose 2016 assessment data was unavailable, among schools with the highest failure rate. This has been corrected.

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