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Friday, March 29, 2024

Statewide test results: 88 percent of George O. Barr failed English language arts

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About 12 percent of George O. Barr School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 88 percent of students failed, according to a Rock Island Today 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 George O. Barr School English language scores, about 12 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 22 percent approached expectations, while 32 percent partially met expectations and 34 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 George O. Barr School, which enrolled 453 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

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

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

George O. Barr School's English language arts scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
12.1%
87.9%
2016
13.1%
86.9%
2015
22.1%
77.9%

How Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Whiteside County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Riverdale Elementary School
Port Byron
Rock Island
60.9%
39.1%
Andalusia Elementary School
Andalusia
Rock Island
49.8%
50.2%
Alwood Elementary School
Alpha
Henry
47.1%
52.9%
C. R. Hanna Elementary School
Orion
Henry
47%
53.0%
Sherrard Elementary School
Sherrard
Rock Island
47%
53.0%
Butterworth Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
42.9%
57.1%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
42.7%
57.3%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
40.4%
59.6%
Hamilton Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
36.1%
63.9%
Cambridge Community Grade School
Cambridge
Henry
34.5%
65.5%
Eugene Field Elementary School
Rock Island
Rock Island
34.1%
65.9%
Apollo Elementary School
Aledo
Mercer
32.3%
67.7%
Winola Elementary School
Viola
Rock Island
32.2%
67.8%
New Boston Elementary School
New Boston
Mercer
32.1%
67.9%
Matherville Intermediate School
Matherville
Rock Island
31.7%
68.3%
Wethersfield Elementary School
Kewanee
Henry
31.4%
68.6%
Northside Elementary School
Geneseo
Henry
30.3%
69.7%
Galva Elementary School
Galva
Henry
28.6%
71.4%
Mercer County Intermediate School
Aledo
Mercer
27.5%
72.5%
Central Elementary
Kewanee
Henry
27%
73.0%
Southwest Elementary School
Geneseo
Henry
26.9%
73.1%
Bicentennial Elementary School
Coal Valley
Rock Island
26.8%
73.2%
Ridgewood Elementary School
East Moline
Rock Island
26.3%
73.7%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
25.8%
74.2%
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School
Rock Island
Rock Island
24.7%
75.3%
Irving Elementary School
Kewanee
Henry
22.4%
77.6%
Bowlesburg Elementary School
Silvis
Rock Island
21.7%
78.3%
Wells Elementary School
East Moline
Rock Island
20.5%
79.5%
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Milan
Rock Island
20%
80.0%
Millikin Elementary School
Geneseo
Henry
19.3%
80.7%
Rock Island Center for Math & Science
Rock Island
Rock Island
18.5%
81.5%
Logan Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
18.4%
81.6%
Ridgewood Elementary School
Rock Island
Rock Island
17.4%
82.6%
Denkmann Elementary School
Rock Island
Rock Island
17.4%
82.6%
George Washington Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
15.2%
84.8%
Hillcrest Elementary School
East Moline
Rock Island
13.9%
86.1%
George O. Barr School
Silvis
Rock Island
12.1%
87.9%
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
10.1%
89.9%
Longfellow Elementary School
Rock Island
Rock Island
6.2%
93.8%
Willard Elementary School
Moline
Rock Island
5.9%
94.1%
Frances Willard Elementary School
Rock Island
Rock Island
5.9%
94.1%
Rock Island Academy
Rock Island
Rock Island
5.1%
94.9%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
98.2%
1.8%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
91.6%
8.4%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
89.8%
10.2%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
88.2%
11.8%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
85.7%
14.3%
Grafton Elementary School
Grafton
Jersey
85.7%
14.3%
Poe Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
85.6%
14.4%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
85.2%
14.8%
Willowbrook Elementary School
Glenview
Cook
84.4%
15.6%
Longfellow Elementary School
Wheaton
Dupage
84.1%
15.9%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet
Will
84%
16.0%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84%
16.0%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
82.3%
17.7%
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary
Royal
Champaign
81.5%
18.5%
Oak Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
80.7%
19.3%
Centennial School
Orland Park
Cook
80.4%
19.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
River Forest
Cook
79.9%
20.1%
Thomas Dooley Elementary School
Schaumburg
Cook
79.4%
20.6%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
79.2%
20.8%
Grove Avenue Elementary School
Barrington
Lake
79.1%
20.9%

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