Chicago City Wire

About 20 percent of Tarkington Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 80 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 math scores, about 19 percent met expectations and 0.5 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 24 percent approached expectations, while 31 percent partially met expectations and 25 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, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Tarkington Elementary School's math scores over 4 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

97.8%

2.2%

Skinner North Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

93.7%

6.3%

Thurgood Marshall School

Rockford

Winnebago

89.4%

10.6%

Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

87.2%

12.8%

Iles Elementary School

Springfield

Sangamon

87.1%

12.9%

Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

84.9%

15.1%

Washington Gifted School

Peoria

Peoria

82.9%

17.1%

Lisbon Grade School

Newark

Kendall

78.6%

21.4%

Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy

Chicago

Cook

77.9%

22.1%

Lincoln Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

75.2%

24.8%

The Joseph Sears School

Kenilworth

Cook

74.4%

25.6%

Bannockburn School

Bannockburn

Lake

74.3%

25.7%

Aviston Elementary School

Aviston

Clinton

72.5%

27.5%

Sunset Ridge Elementary School

Northfield

Cook

71.2%

28.8%

Oak Grove Elementary School

Libertyville

Lake

68.8%

31.2%

Germantown Elementary School

Germantown

Clinton

68.3%

31.7%

Lincoln Prairie School

Hoffman Estates

Cook

67.8%

32.2%

Skinner Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

67.4%

32.6%

Haines Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

66.8%

33.2%

Central School

Glencoe

Cook

65.7%

34.3%