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Statewide test results: low-income students score 25.8 points lower at Cobden Junior High School

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At Cobden Junior High School, a 25.8-point achievement gap persisted between low-income and non-low-income students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 1.2-point improvement in scores between low-income and non-low-income students. Of the 129 students enrolled in 2018, 59.7 percent were low-income – or 77 students.

The achievement gap measures how one group of students academically outperforms another. The Illinois State Board of Education collects data on the persistent gap between groups by race and ethnicity, income level and gender.

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. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

According to Cobden Junior High School composite scores for 2018, 19.4 percent of low-income students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 45.1 percent of non-low-income students passed.

Students who passed either met or exceeded expectations are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work. Students who failed either partially met, approached or did not meet expectations.

The achievement gap is larger for English language arts scores and smaller for math scores.

There is a 27.9-point gap between low-income and non-low-income students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 9.2 point improvement since 2017. In 2018, 16.3 percent of low-income students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 44.2 percent of non-low-income students passed.

There was a 23.6-point gap between low-income and non-low-income students' math scores in 2018: 22.5 percent of low-income students passed while 46.1 percent of non-low-income students passed.

Cobden Junior High School's income level achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
33.4%
35.7%
31.2%
2016
32.9%
26.3%
39.5%
2017
26.9%
18.7%
35.2%
2018
25.8%
27.9%
23.6%

The achievement gap at Southern Illinois schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Lincoln Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Maywood
Cook
0.1%
3.2%
2.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Cook County SD 130
Blue Island
Cook
2.2%
4.2%
8.7%
Jefferson Elementary School
Collinsville CUSD 10
Collinsville
Madison
2.5%
15.4%
20.5%
Cypress Elementary School
Cypress SD 64
Cypress
Johnson
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Johnston City CUSD 1
Pittsburg
Williamson
3.0%
6.0%
0.1%
Buncombe Consolidated School
Buncombe Cons SD 43
Buncombe
Johnson
3.9%
3.9%
3.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Canton Union SD 66
Canton
Fulton
5.5%
12.9%
1.9%
Century Jr/Sr High School
Century CUSD 100
Ullin
Pulaski
5.8%
6.4%
5.2%
Hardin County Junior High School
Hardin County CUSD 1
Elizabethtown
Hardin
6.8%
11.5%
2.1%
New Simpson Hill Dist 32
New Simpson Hill SD 32
Tunnel Hill
Johnson
8.2%
10.6%
5.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dolton SD 148
Dolton
Cook
8.7%
11.6%
5.8%
Jefferson Elementary School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
8.8%
6.8%
10.8%
Egyptian Elementary School
Egyptian CUSD 5
Tamms
Alexander
8.8%
1.5%
19.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Oglesby Esd 125
Oglesby
La Salle
9.0%
11.1%
6.9%
Hardin County Elementary School
Hardin County CUSD 1
Elizabethtown
Hardin
9.1%
5.5%
12.7%
Cobden Elementary School
Cobden Sud 17
Cobden
Union
10.6%
5.2%
16.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Mendota CCSD 289
Mendota
La Salle
10.8%
13.1%
8.4%
Shawnee Junior High School
Shawnee CUSD 84
Wolf Lake
Union
10.9%
5.4%
16.4%
Jefferson Elementary School
Harvard CUSD 50
Harvard
McHenry
11.1%
13.5%
8.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Addison SD 4
Addison
Dupage
11.7%
11.4%
12.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
St Charles CUSD 303
Saint Charles
Kane
12.6%
20.0%
5.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Princeton Esd 115
Princeton
Bureau
13.0%
14.3%
11.7%
Jefferson Elementary School
Pekin PSD 108
Pekin
Tazewell
13.1%
13.7%
12.4%
Lincoln Elementary School
Rochelle CCSD 231
Rochelle
Ogle
13.2%
12.2%
14.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Morton CUSD 709
Morton
Tazewell
13.3%
18.9%
7.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Pontiac CCSD 429
Pontiac
Livingston
13.9%
6.9%
20.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Ottawa Esd 141
Ottawa
La Salle
14.6%
21.5%
7.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Brookfield
Cook
14.9%
17.7%
12.1%
Anna Junior High School
Anna CCSD 37
Anna
Union
14.9%
16.6%
13.3%
Franklin Elementary School
Park Ridge CCSD 64
Park Ridge
Cook
15.1%
19.2%
10.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
McDonough
15.9%
18.8%
13.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dekalb CUSD 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
16.4%
21.9%
11.0%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dixon USD 170
Dixon
Lee
16.8%
13.5%
20.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Whiteside
16.9%
14.5%
19.4%
Jefferson Elementary School
Ottawa Esd 141
Ottawa
La Salle
17.4%
19.3%
15.4%
Lincoln Elementary School
Pana CUSD 8
Pana
Christian
17.9%
17.2%
18.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Esd 156
Calumet City
Cook
18.4%
10.9%
25.8%
Jefferson Elementary School
Charleston CUSD 1
Charleston
Coles
18.8%
20.1%
17.4%
Lick Creek Elementary School
Lick Creek CCSD 16
Buncombe
Union
19.1%
17.1%
21.2%
Franklin Elementary School
Massac Ud 1
Metropolis
Massac
19.4%
14.7%
24.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
East Peoria SD 86
East Peoria
Tazewell
19.6%
36.0%
3.2%
Pope County Elementary School
Pope Co Cud 1
Golconda
Pope
19.8%
26.4%
13.1%
Jefferson Elementary School
Morton CUSD 709
Morton
Tazewell
20.0%
22.0%
18.0%
Jefferson Elementary School
Belleville SD 118
Belleville
Saint Clair
20.2%
27.2%
13.2%
Vienna Elementary School Dist 55
Vienna SD 55
Vienna
Johnson
21.2%
24.0%
18.4%
Unity Elementary School
Massac Ud 1
Brookport
Massac
21.4%
17.2%
25.7%
Davie Elementary School
Anna CCSD 37
Anna
Union
21.9%
21.0%
22.9%
Metropolis Elementary School
Massac Ud 1
Metropolis
Massac
21.9%
22.3%
21.4%
Goreville Elementary School
Goreville Cud 1
Goreville
Johnson
22.7%
24.3%
21.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Robinson CUSD 2
Robinson
Crawford
22.9%
26.5%
19.2%
Massac Junior High School
Massac Ud 1
Metropolis
Massac
23.2%
26.4%
20.1%
Maple Grove Elementary School
Joppa-Maple Grove Ud 38
Metropolis
Massac
23.4%
17.6%
29.3%
Lincoln Elementary School
Belvidere CUSD 100
Belvidere
Boone
23.5%
23.9%
23.1%
Jefferson Elementary School
Massac Ud 1
Metropolis
Massac
23.7%
25.4%
22.0%
Cobden Junior High School
Cobden Sud 17
Cobden
Union
25.8%
27.9%
23.6%
Jonesboro Elementary School
County Of Union Sch Dist No43
Jonesboro
Union
26.1%
32.8%
19.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
26.4%
22.4%
30.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
SD U-46
Hoffman Estates
Kane
26.8%
24.9%
28.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Marion CUSD 2
Marion
Williamson
28.8%
29.2%
28.4%
Lincoln Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
31.2%
34.8%
27.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Elmhurst SD 205
Elmhurst
Dupage
31.4%
28.1%
34.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
33.5%
34.1%
32.8%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dekalb CUSD 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
34.4%
40.8%
27.9%
Century Elementary School
Century CUSD 100
Ullin
Pulaski
34.5%
44.8%
24.3%
Lincoln Elementary School
Palatine CCSD 15
Palatine
Cook
37.5%
36.4%
38.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
North Shore SD 112
Highland Park
Lake
43.6%
32.8%
54.5%
Joppa Junior & Senior High School
Joppa-Maple Grove Ud 38
Joppa
Massac
44.0%
27.1%
60.8%
Jefferson Elementary School
Elmhurst SD 205
Elmhurst
Dupage
45.0%
46.6%
43.4%
Lincoln Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
45.7%
49.8%
41.6%

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