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Analysis: 72 percent of Barack Obama School of Leadership And Stem students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 28 percent of Barack Obama School of Leadership And Stem students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a South Cook News 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 Barack Obama School of Leadership And Stem show about 26 percent met expectations and 2 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 26 percent approached expectations, 29 percent partially met expectations and 17 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 Barack Obama School of Leadership And Stem, which enrolled 415 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

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

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

Barack Obama School of Leadership And Stem's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
27.8%
72.2%
2016
22.7%
77.3%
2015
21.6%
78.4%

How County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Pleasantdale Middle School
Burr Ridge
Cook
56.1%
43.9%
Burroughs Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
41.9%
58.1%
Illinois School
Park Forest
Cook
32.1%
67.9%
Wolcott School
Thornton
Cook
31.1%
68.9%
Barack Obama School of Leadership And Stem
Chicago Heights
Cook
27.8%
72.2%
Willow Springs Elementary School
Willow Springs
Cook
26.4%
73.6%
Arbor Park Middle School
Oak Forest
Cook
24.5%
75.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
Calumet City
Cook
22.1%
77.9%
Heritage Middle School
Lansing
Cook
20.3%
79.7%
Kennedy Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
20.2%
79.8%
Michelle Obama School of Technology And The Arts
Park Forest
Cook
19.1%
80.9%
Sandridge Elementary School
Lynwood
Cook
19.1%
80.9%
Garfield Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
17.5%
82.5%
Central Park Elementary School
Midlothian
Cook
17.3%
82.7%
Burnham Elementary School
Burnham
Cook
17.1%
82.9%
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center
Ford Heights
Cook
17%
83.0%
Washington-McKinley Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
16.5%
83.5%
Kolmar Elementary School
Midlothian
Cook
15.7%
84.3%
Wilson Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
15.2%
84.8%
Jesse C. White Learning Academy
Hazel Crest
Cook
14.9%
85.1%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
13.8%
86.2%
Greenbriar Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
13.8%
86.2%
Jefferson Elementary School
Chicago Heights
Cook
13%
87.0%
Rosa L. Parks Middle School
Dixmoor
Cook
11.3%
88.7%
Barack H. Obama Learning Academy
Markham
Cook
8.3%
91.7%
U. S. Grant Elementary School
South Chicago Heights
Cook
8.1%
91.9%
Gen George Patton Elementary School
Riverdale
Cook
6.8%
93.2%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
94.7%
5.3%
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
94.1%
5.9%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
93.9%
6.1%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
93.7%
6.3%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
93.2%
6.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
79.8%
20.2%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
79.2%
20.8%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
79.1%
20.9%
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
78%
22.0%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
77.7%
22.3%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
75.1%
24.9%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
73.9%
26.1%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
72.9%
27.1%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
72.7%
27.3%
Bannockburn School
Bannockburn
Lake
71.4%
28.6%
Highlands Middle School
La Grange Highlands
Cook
70.9%
29.1%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
70.9%
29.1%
STEM Magnet Academy Elementary
Chicago
Cook
70.1%
29.9%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
69.9%
30.1%

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