Chicago City Wire

About 21 percent of Tarkington Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 79 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 Tarkington Elementary School English language scores, about 20 percent met expectations and 1 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 31 percent approached expectations, while 24 percent partially met expectations and 24 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 Tarkington Elementary School, which enrolled 999 students in 2018, fell below state averages.

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

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

Tarkington Elementary School's English language arts scores over 4 years

How County schools' English language arts scores compare

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School

Chicago

Cook

95.6%

4.4%

Skinner North Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

93.4%

6.6%

Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

92.1%

7.9%

Thurgood Marshall School

Rockford

Winnebago

91.7%

8.3%

Iles Elementary School

Springfield

Sangamon

90.1%

9.9%

Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

88.5%

11.5%

Lisbon Grade School

Newark

Kendall

88.5%

11.5%

Lincoln Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

86%

14.0%

Washington Gifted School

Peoria

Peoria

85.9%

14.1%

The Joseph Sears School

Kenilworth

Cook

82.4%

17.6%

Willowbrook Middle School

South Beloit

Winnebago

79.1%

20.9%

Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy

Chicago

Cook

79%

21.0%

Aviston Elementary School

Aviston

Clinton

78%

22.0%

Skinner Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

77.6%

22.4%

Sunset Ridge Elementary School

Northfield

Cook

76.2%

23.8%

Lincoln Prairie School

Hoffman Estates

Cook

74.8%

25.2%

Oak Grove Elementary School

Libertyville

Lake

74.4%

25.6%

Tri-Valley Middle School

Downs

McLean

73.9%

26.1%

Bartelso Elementary School

Bartelso

Clinton

72.9%

27.1%

Smithton Elementary School

Smithton

Saint Clair

72.2%

27.8%