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Statewide test results: 95 percent of Meridian failed English language arts

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About 5 percent of Meridian Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 95 percent 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 Meridian Elementary School English language scores, about 5 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 24 percent approached expectations, while 33 percent partially met expectations and 38 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 Meridian Elementary School, which enrolled 329 students in 2018, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.

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

Meridian Elementary School's English language arts scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
4.8%
95.2%
2017
12.4%
87.6%
2016
12.6%
87.4%
2015
6.5%
93.5%

How Pulaski, Alexander, Union, Pope, Johnson, Hardin and Massac County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Anna Junior High School
Anna
Union
53.5%
46.5%
Vienna Elementary School Dist 55
Vienna
Johnson
49.3%
50.7%
Jonesboro Elementary School
Jonesboro
Union
42.1%
57.9%
Goreville Elementary School
Goreville
Johnson
37.2%
62.8%
Lick Creek Elementary School
Buncombe
Union
37%
63.0%
Pope County Elementary School
Golconda
Pope
32%
68.0%
Cypress Elementary School
Cypress
Johnson
29.5%
70.5%
New Simpson Hill Dist 32
Tunnel Hill
Johnson
13.8%
86.2%
Buncombe Consolidated School
Buncombe
Johnson
5.1%
94.9%
Meridian Elementary School
Mounds
Pulaski
4.8%
95.2%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
95.6%
4.4%
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
93.4%
6.6%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
92.1%
7.9%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
91.7%
8.3%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
90.1%
9.9%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
88.5%
11.5%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
88.5%
11.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
86%
14.0%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
85.9%
14.1%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
82.4%
17.6%
Willowbrook Middle School
South Beloit
Winnebago
79.1%
20.9%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
79%
21.0%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
78%
22.0%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
77.6%
22.4%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
76.2%
23.8%
Lincoln Prairie School
Hoffman Estates
Cook
74.8%
25.2%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
74.4%
25.6%
Tri-Valley Middle School
Downs
McLean
73.9%
26.1%
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
72.9%
27.1%
Smithton Elementary School
Smithton
Saint Clair
72.2%
27.8%

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