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Analysis: 66 percent of Manteno students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 34 percent of Manteno Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are 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.

Composite scores for Manteno Elementary School show about 31 percent met expectations and 3 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 31 percent approached expectations, 21 percent partially met expectations and 14 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Manteno Elementary School, which enrolled 747 students in 2017, are same of state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

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

Manteno Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
34.2%
65.8%
2016
31.8%
68.2%
2015
26.3%
73.7%

How Kankakee County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Mark Twain Primary School
Kankakee
Kankakee
60.4%
39.6%
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman
Gilman
Iroquois
52.9%
47.1%
Iroquois West Elementary School / Thawville
Thawville
Iroquois
45.2%
54.8%
Donovan Elementary School
Donovan
Iroquois
44.3%
55.7%
Noel Levasseur Elementary School
Bourbonnais
Kankakee
41.2%
58.8%
Cissna Park Elementary School
Cissna Park
Iroquois
40.4%
59.6%
Wanda Kendall Elementary School
Watseka
Iroquois
37.7%
62.3%
Chebanse Elementary School
Chebanse
Iroquois
37%
63.0%
Manteno Elementary School
Manteno
Kankakee
34.2%
65.8%
Liberty Intermediate School
Bourbonnais
Kankakee
30.9%
69.1%
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School
Bourbonnais
Kankakee
29.8%
70.2%
Je-Neir Elementary School
Momence
Kankakee
27.9%
72.1%
Herscher Intermediate School
Herscher
Kankakee
25.5%
74.5%
Bradley West Elementary School
Bradley
Kankakee
25.1%
74.9%
Taft Primary School
Kankakee
Kankakee
24%
76.0%
King Middle Grade School
Kankakee
Kankakee
20.9%
79.1%
Shabbona Elementary School
Bourbonnais
Kankakee
20.5%
79.5%
John Kennedy Middle Grade School
Kankakee
Kankakee
17.1%
82.9%
Edison Primary School
Kankakee
Kankakee
15.1%
84.9%
Steuben Elementary School
Kankakee
Kankakee
8.8%
91.2%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
97%
3.0%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
90%
10.0%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
87.9%
12.1%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
86.1%
13.9%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84.4%
15.6%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
83.9%
16.1%
Poe Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
83.6%
16.4%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
82.9%
17.1%
Centennial School
Orland Park
Cook
82.6%
17.4%
Grafton Elementary School
Grafton
Jersey
82.1%
17.9%
Willowbrook Elementary School
Glenview
Cook
81.8%
18.2%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
81.6%
18.4%
Greeley Elementary School
Winnetka
Cook
81%
19.0%
Wilmot Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
80.7%
19.3%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
80.3%
19.7%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet
Will
79.9%
20.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
River Forest
Cook
79.5%
20.5%
Half Day School
Lincolnshire
Lake
79.1%
20.9%
Oak Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
78.9%
21.1%
Romona Elementary School
Wilmette
Cook
78.8%
21.2%

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