Chicago City Wire

About 6 percent of Randolph Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 94 percent 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 Randolph Elementary School math scores, about 6 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 28 percent partially met expectations and 42 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 Randolph Elementary School, which enrolled 501 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.

Randolph Elementary School's math scores over 3 years

How County schools' math scores compare

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School

Chicago

Cook

95.5%

4.5%

Skinner North Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

94.8%

5.2%

Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

92.8%

7.2%

Thurgood Marshall School

Rockford

Winnebago

92.6%

7.4%

Iles Elementary School

Springfield

Sangamon

91.8%

8.2%

Washington Gifted School

Peoria

Peoria

83.4%

16.6%

Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy

Chicago

Cook

79.5%

20.5%

Lincoln Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

78.9%

21.1%

Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

78.6%

21.4%

Bartelso Elementary School

Bartelso

Clinton

77%

23.0%

The Joseph Sears School

Kenilworth

Cook

74.6%

25.4%

Lisbon Grade School

Newark

Kendall

72.2%

27.8%

Sunset Ridge Elementary School

Northfield

Cook

71.4%

28.6%

Skinner Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

70.6%

29.4%

Solomon Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

70.6%

29.4%

Germantown Elementary School

Germantown

Clinton

69.1%

30.9%

STEM Magnet Academy Elementary

Chicago

Cook

68.8%

31.2%

Oak Grove Elementary School

Libertyville

Lake

68.3%

31.7%

Norwood Park Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

67.7%

32.3%

Alcott Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

67.6%

32.4%