Prairie State Wire

Decatur Classical Elementary School has the highest rate – 94.7 percent – of students who passed the annual state assessments this year among elementary and middle schools, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of Illinois State Board of Education data from the 2016 school year.

Throughout the state, of the schools that reported test results, many middle and elementary schools saw saw high percentages of students fall below standards on 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 assesses a student’s aptitude in math and English language arts and is based on the Common Core State Standard principles. In 2016, the test was administered to students in elementary to junior level of high school. 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 elementary and middle schools in Illinois

School	City	Enrollment	Percent of students ready for the next level
Decatur Classical Elementary School	Chicago	281	94.7
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School	Chicago	236	94.7
Skinner North Elementary School	Chicago	477	94.1
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Chicago	278	92.8
Iles Elementary School	Springfield	452	92.5
Mcdade Elementary Classical School	Chicago	190	91.4
Young Magnet High School	Chicago	2067	90.8
Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford	386	90.4
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Rockford	504	89.8
Washington Gifted School	Peoria	275	85.8
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary	Royal	67	85.7
Half Day School	Lincolnshire	376	84.3
Meadow Glens Elementary School	Naperville	442	84
Lisbon Grade School	Newark	106	83.1
Shabonee School	Northbrook	433	83
Marie Murphy School	Wilmette	269	82.1
Poe Elementary Classical School	Chicago	206	81.8
Lane Technical High School	Chicago	3985	81.6
Walden Elementary School	Deerfield	466	81.4
Brook Forest Elementary School	Oak Brook	340	81.3
Kipling Elementary School	Deerfield	501	81.2
Daniel Wright Jr High School	Lincolnshire	822	80.9
Forest Hills Elementary School	Western Springs	241	80.8
Middlefork Primary School	Northfield	217	80.3
Romona Elementary School	Wilmette	525	79.9
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Chicago	287	79.5
Wilmot Elementary School	Deerfield	494	79.4
Fry Elementary School	Naperville	548	79.4
South Park Elementary School	Deerfield	414	79.4
Willowbrook Elementary School	Glenview	341	79.3
Butler Junior High School	Oak Brook	180	78.8
Skinner Elementary School	Chicago	1013	78.6
Marion Jordan Elementary School	Palatine	420	78.4
Lincoln Elementary School	River Forest	396	78.2
Kennedy Junior High School	Lisle	957	77.4
The Joseph Sears School	Kenilworth	485	77.3
Madison Elementary School	Hinsdale	383	77.1
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	Chicago	571	77.1
Hynes Elementary School	Morton Grove	379	77
Ogden Ave Elementary School	La Grange	603	76.9
Kildeer Countryside Elementary School	Long Grove	455	76.7
Greeley Elementary School	Winnetka	252	76.6
Oak Elementary School	Hinsdale	270	76.6
Longfellow Elementary School	Wheaton	410	76.5
Copeland Manor Elementary School	Libertyville	437	76.4
Grove Avenue Elementary School	Barrington	512	76.4
Hough Street Elementary School	Barrington	318	76.4
Wescott Elementary School	Northbrook	390	76.4
Maple School	Northbrook	399	76.3
Wood Oaks Jr High School	Northbrook	456	76
Elm Elementary School	Burr Ridge	329	75.9
North Barrington Elementary School	North Barrington	408	75.7
West School	Glencoe	232	75.7
Barbara B Rose Elementary School	South Barrington	456	75.4
Willard Elementary School	River Forest	306	75.2
Prospect Elementary School	Clarendon Hills	401	75.2
Ivy Hall Elementary School	Buffalo Grove	391	75.1
Oak Grove Elementary School	Libertyville	822	75.1
Naper Elementary School	Naperville	296	75
Adler Park School	Libertyville	246	74.6
The Lane Elementary School	Hinsdale	355	74.4
Mcclure Jr High School	Western Springs	501	74.2
Greenbrier Elementary School	Arlington Heights	296	74.1
Bannockburn School	Bannockburn	180	74
Prairie Elementary School	Buffalo Grove	435	73.9
Thomas Dooley Elementary School	Schaumburg	438	73.9
Earl Pritchett School	Buffalo Grove	582	73.8
Burley Elementary School	Chicago	519	73.7
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	Northfield	260	73.6
Gower West Elementary School	Willowbrook	465	73.1
Ranch View Elementary School	Naperville	535	73.1
Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield	517	73
Grafton Elementary School	Grafton	166	72.9
Damiansville Elementary School	Damiansville	114	72.8
Robert Clow Elementary School	Naperville	421	72.7
Olive-Mary Stitt School	Arlington Heights	594	72.2
Ivy Hill Elementary School	Arlington Heights	577	72.1
Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield	581	72.1
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School	Naperville	597	71.9
Eisenhower Academy	Joliet	261	71.9
Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove	546	71.8
Campanelli Elementary School	Schaumburg	524	71.8
Lincoln Prairie School	Hoffman Estates	388	71.7
Lake Bluff Elementary School	Lake Bluff	562	71.5
Wilmette Junior High School	Wilmette	891	71.5
Countryside Elementary School	Barrington	406	71.4
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School	Naperville	376	71.2
Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove	522	70.5
Bell Elementary School	Chicago	975	70.4
Solomon Elementary School	Chicago	320	70.3
Chippewa Elementary School	Palos Heights	213	70
Mary Morgan Elementary School	Byron	653	70
Hoover Math And Science Academy	Schaumburg	720	70
Mckenzie Elementary School	Wilmette	522	69.9
Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove	660	69.7
Meridian Middle School	Buffalo Grove	486	69.7
Tripp School	Buffalo Grove	635	69.5
John Laidlaw Elementary School	Western Springs	387	69.5
Crow Island Elementary School	Winnetka	394	69.4
Dryden Elementary School	Arlington Heights	524	69.3

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Illinois elementary and middle schools with highest failure rates

School	City	Enrollment	Percent of students ready for next level	Failure rate
Amandla Charter School	Chicago	309	0.9	99.1
Cairo Jr/Sr High School	Cairo	204	1	99
Edinburg Jr High School	Edinburg	40	1.3	98.7
Lovejoy Elementary School	Lovejoy	102	1.3	98.7
Jenner Elementary Academy Of The Arts	Chicago	246	1.9	98.1
Montessori Of Englewood Charter School	Chicago	275	2.3	97.7
Hope Academy	Decatur	528	2.3	97.7
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	Cahokia	224	2.3	97.7
Doolittle Elementary School	Chicago	306	2.4	97.6
Glen Oak Comm Learning Center	Peoria	894	2.6	97.4
Mason/Clark Middle School	East Saint Louis	643	2.6	97.4
Trewyn K-8 School	Peoria	439	2.6	97.4
Roosevelt Magnet School	Peoria	564	2.7	97.3
Garfield Elementary School	Danville	311	2.7	97.3
Thorp J N Elementary School	Chicago	318	2.8	97.2
Kennedy Middle School	Rockford	576	2.9	97.1
Durfee Magnet Elementary	Decatur	362	2.9	97.1
Harrison Comm Learning Center	Peoria	685	3	97
Gordon Bush Elementary	East Saint Louis	462	3.1	96.9
Dongola Jr High School	Dongola	47	3.3	96.7
Lincoln School	Peoria	813	3.4	96.6
Penniman Elementary School	Cahokia	424	3.4	96.6
William Harris Elementary School	Decatur	232	3.4	96.6
Creative Communications Academy	Calumet City	216	3.5	96.5
Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary	Chicago	594	3.6	96.4
Jackson Charter School	Rockford	487	3.6	96.4
Chalmers Elementary Specialty School	Chicago	387	3.9	96.1
Dett Elementary School	Chicago	347	3.9	96.1
Taylor Park Elementary School	Freeport	258	4	96
Frances Willard Elementary School	Rock Island	367	4	96
Woodson South Elementary School	Chicago	364	4	96
Dulles Elementary School	Chicago	742	4.1	95.9
Burke Elementary School	Chicago	448	4.1	95.9
Rock Island Academy	Rock Island	536	4.3	95.7
Leland Elementary School	Chicago	578	4.6	95.4
Bass Elementary School	Chicago	489	4.7	95.3
Melody Elementary School	Chicago	580	4.9	95.1
Oglesby Elementary School	Chicago	485	4.9	95.1
Carman-Buckner Elementary School	Waukegan	713	5	95
Aldridge Elementary School	Chicago	195	5	95
Bernard Long Elementary School	Madison	439	5.1	94.9
Lewis Lemon Elementary	Rockford	418	5.1	94.9
Annette Officer Elementary	East Saint Louis	491	5.1	94.9
Stagg Elementary School	Chicago	506	5.1	94.9
Caldwell Elementary Academy Of Math & Science	Chicago	276	5.2	94.8
Caroline Sibley Elementary School	Calumet City	700	5.2	94.8
Huffman Elementary School	Cahokia	359	5.2	94.8
L D Brady Elementary School	Aurora	522	5.3	94.7
Manierre Elementary School	Chicago	355	5.3	94.7
Langford A Elementary School	Chicago	364	5.3	94.7
Tilton Elementary School	Chicago	348	5.3	94.7
Childs Elementary School	Robbins	193	5.4	94.6
W S Beaupre Elementary School	Aurora	300	5.5	94.5
Kelvyn Park High School	Chicago	799	5.5	94.5
Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High	Meredosia	45	5.7	94.3
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School	Chicago	705	5.8	94.2
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center	Chicago	319	5.8	94.2
Cook Elementary School	Chicago	396	5.8	94.2
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy	Chicago	387	5.9	94.1
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School	Dolton	379	5.9	94.1
Barton Elementary School	Chicago	449	5.9	94.1
Rickover Jr High School	Sauk Village	499	5.9	94.1
Neil Elementary School	Chicago	237	6	94
Curtis Elementary School	Chicago	614	6	94
Jackson M Elementary School	Chicago	329	6.1	93.9
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School	Chicago	846	6.1	93.9
Lavizzo Elementary School	Chicago	418	6.2	93.8
Oak Park Elementary School	Aurora	578	6.2	93.8
Drake Elementary School	Chicago	401	6.2	93.8
Fiske Elementary School	Chicago	500	6.2	93.8

*Source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Editor's note: The original version of this story incorrectly listed schools whose 2016 assessment data was unavailable among schools with a 100 percent failure rate. That list has been replaced with one showing schools with reported scores above zero that have the highest failure rates.