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Statewide test results: 99 percent of Cairo Jr/Sr students failed math

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About 1 percent of Cairo Jr/Sr High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and nearly all of students failed, according to a Southern Illinois News 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 Cairo Jr/Sr High School math scores, about 1 percent met expectations and none 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 10 percent approached expectations, while 47 percent partially met expectations and 42 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 Cairo Jr/Sr High School, which enrolled 168 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.

Cairo Jr/Sr High School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
1.4%
98.6%
2016
0%
100%
2015
1.1%
98.9%

How County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Joppa Junior & Senior High School
Joppa
Massac
27.5%
72.5%
Century Jr/Sr High School
Ullin
Pulaski
12.2%
87.8%
Cairo Jr/Sr High School
Cairo
Alexander
1.4%
98.6%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lane Technical High School
Chicago
Cook
97.2%
2.8%
Young Magnet High School
Chicago
Cook
94.9%
5.1%
Taft High School
Chicago
Cook
75.5%
24.5%
Princeville High School
Princeville
Peoria
59.7%
40.3%
Dieterich Jr/Sr High School
Dieterich
Effingham
55.7%
44.3%
Kenwood Academy High School
Chicago
Cook
53.2%
46.8%
Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School
Chicago
Cook
45.7%
54.3%
Cerro Gordo Junior And Senior High School
Cerro Gordo
Piatt
38.8%
61.2%
Nokomis Jr/Sr High School
Nokomis
Montgomery
37.5%
62.5%
R. O. W. V. A. Junior And Senior High School
Oneida
Knox
37.5%
62.5%
Liberty High School
Liberty
Adams
35.6%
64.4%
Dakota Junior Senior High School
Dakota
Stephenson
35.1%
64.9%
Fisher Jr/Sr High School
Fisher
Champaign
34.8%
65.2%
Triopia Jr-Sr High School
Concord
Morgan
34.5%
65.5%
Seymour High School
Payson
Adams
33.8%
66.2%
Ogden Int High School
Chicago
Cook
33.8%
66.2%
Eastland Jr/Sr High School
Lanark
Carroll
33.7%
66.3%
Forreston Jr/Sr High School
Forreston
Ogle
33.5%
66.5%
Casey-westfield Jr/Sr High School
Casey
Clark
32.6%
67.4%
Okawville Jr/Sr High School
Okawville
Washington
30.3%
69.7%

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