Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C had the highest rate – 63 percent – of students locally who passed the annual state assessments for the 2015-2016 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of Illinois State Board of Education data.
Of the 29 districts in Will County, Fairmont School District 89 had the highest rate of students in the state who fell below standards on the annual tests with 92.6 percent.
Statewide, 34 percent of students met or exceeded expectations. The remaining 66 percent did not meet, partially met or approached expectations.
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assesses a student’s aptitude in math and English language arts for elementary to junior level of high school and is based on the Common Core State Standard principles. Illinois is one of eight states participating in PARCC as a means to measure a student’s preparedness for higher education.
The scores – a composite derived from the combined results of the Math and English tests – reveal whether a student is or is not ready for the next level. Student scores either “did not meet,” “partially met,” “approach,” “met” or “exceeded” expectations. Any student who meets or exceeds expectations is considered ready for the next level.
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| District | County | Enrollment | Percent of students ready for the next level |
| Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C | WILL | 2482 | 63 |
| Will County School District 92 | WILL | 1566 | 51.6 |
| Manhattan School District 114 | WILL | 1353 | 51.5 |
| Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C | WILL | 3735 | 49.4 |
| Channahon School District 17 | WILL | 1488 | 45.7 |
| Lockport Township High School District 205 | WILL | 3670 | 44.3 |
| New Lenox School District 122 | WILL | 5565 | 43.8 |
| Plainfield School District 202 | WILL | 28904 | 41 |
| Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 | WILL | 385 | 40.9 |
| Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 | WILL | 7110 | 40.6 |
| Summit Hill School District 161 | WILL | 3353 | 40.3 |
| Mokena School District 159 | WILL | 1733 | 39.4 |
| Lockport School District 91 | WILL | 652 | 39 |
| Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C | WILL | 4400 | 36.5 |
| Richland School District 88A | WILL | 976 | 36 |
| Taft School District 90 | WILL | 351 | 35.3 |
| Peotone Community Unit School District 207U | WILL | 1735 | 35 |
| Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U | WILL | 1675 | 34.2 |
| Beecher Community Unit School District 200U | WILL | 1046 | 33.3 |
| Valley View Community Unit School District 365U | WILL | 17318 | 31 |
| Union School District 81 | WILL | 113 | 29.3 |
| Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U | WILL | 1474 | 25.4 |
| Crete Monee Community Unit School District 201U | WILL | 4872 | 24.2 |
| Rockdale School District 84 | WILL | 283 | 23.5 |
| Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C | WILL | 432 | 22.2 |
| Joliet Public Schools District 86 | WILL | 11322 | 19.5 |
| Joliet Township High School District 204 | WILL | 6427 | 16.1 |
| Chaney Monge School District 88 | WILL | 495 | 8.3 |
| Fairmont School District 89 | WILL | 327 | 7.4 |
*Source: Illinois State Board of Education
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