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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Statewide test results: 24 percent of Taft students failed math

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About 76 percent of Taft High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and nearly a quarter of students failed, according to a Chicago City Wire 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 Taft High School math scores, about 72 percent met expectations and 3 percent 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 19 percent approached expectations, while 3 percent partially met expectations and 2 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 Taft High School, which enrolled 3,267 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Taft High School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
75.5%
24.5%
2016
25.8%
74.2%
2015
30%
70.0%

How County schools' math scores compare

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%
Kenwood Academy High School
Chicago
Cook
53.2%
46.8%
Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School
Chicago
Cook
45.7%
54.3%
Ogden Int High School
Chicago
Cook
33.8%
66.2%
Chicago Math & Science Elementary Charter
Chicago
Cook
29.7%
70.3%
Brooks College Prep Academy High School
Chicago
Cook
28.8%
71.2%
Disney II Magnet High School
Chicago
Cook
24.7%
75.3%
Noble St. Chtr-Comer College Prep
Chicago
Cook
24.6%
75.4%
Intrinsic Charter High School
Chicago
Cook
20.1%
79.9%
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn
Chicago
Cook
13.8%
86.2%
Perspectives Chtr-Iit Campus
Chicago
Cook
13.4%
86.6%
Roosevelt High School
Chicago
Cook
11%
89.0%
Perspectives Chtr-Joslin Campus
Chicago
Cook
8.6%
91.4%
Morgan Park High School
Chicago
Cook
8.6%
91.4%
Perspectives Chtr-Leadership Academy
Chicago
Cook
6.1%
93.9%
Marine Leadership Academy at Ames
Chicago
Cook
5.9%
94.1%
Kelvyn Park High School
Chicago
Cook
4.3%
95.7%
Amandla Charter School
Chicago
Cook
3.1%
96.9%

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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