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Saturday, November 16, 2024

Illinois' worst 100 grade school ELA scores: Where does your school district rank?

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Grade school districts in Lockport, Crest Hill and Joliet ranked among Illinois' lowest for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

As part of the annual Partnership For Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers ("PARCC") examination, Illinois public school students in grades three through eight are asked to read and analyze passages of fiction and nonfiction, then write about them.

The students pass if their scores either meet or exceed expectations, indicating they're "ready for the next level" of school.

Where did your school district rank?

100 Illinois districts with lowest reading scores

Rank
District
City
County
Passing Rate
1
Amandla Charter School
Chicago
Cook
1.90%
2
Brooklyn Unit School District 188
Belleville
Saint Clair
2%
3
Meridian Community Unit School District 101
Mounds
Pulaski
4.70%
4
Cairo Unit School District 1
Cairo
Alexander
4.90%
5
Buncombe Consolidated School District 43
Buncombe
Johnson
5.10%
6
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187
Cahokia
Saint Clair
5.20%
7
Madison Community Unit School District 12
Madison
Madison
7.70%
8
Beardstown Community Unified School District 15
Beardstown
Cass
8.50%
9
Bronzeville Academy Charter School
Chicago
Cook
8.60%
10
Community Consolidated School District 168
Sauk Village
Cook
9%
11
Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36
Silvis
Rock Island
9.60%
12
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147
Harvey
Cook
9.80%
13
Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57
De Land
Piatt
10%
14
South Holland School District 151
South Holland
Cook
10.60%
15
Dolton School District 149
Calumet City
Cook
10.80%
16
Westville Community Unit School District 2
Westville
Vermilion
11%
17
Thompsonville Community Unit School District 174
Thompsonville
Franklin
11%
18
Dongola Unit School District 66
Dongola
Union
11.20%
19
Hoover Schrum Memorial School District 157
Calumet City
Cook
11.70%
20
Rantoul City School District 137
Rantoul
Champaign
11.80%
21
Zion Elementary School District 6
Zion
Lake
11.90%
22
Shawnee Community Unit School District 84
Wolf Lake
Union
12%
23
Decatur School District 61
Decatur
Macon
12.10%
24
Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3
Pleasant Hill
Pike
12.20%
25
La Moille Community Unit School District 303
La Moille
Bureau
12.20%
26
La Salle Elementary School District 122
La Salle
La Salle
12.30%
27
Egyptian Community Unit School District 5
Tamms
Alexander
13%
28
Bellwood School District 88
Bellwood
Cook
13.20%
29
West Central Community Unit School District 235
Biggsville
Henderson
13.40%
30
Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2
Carrier Mills
Saline
13.60%
31
New Simpson Hill School District 32
Tunnel Hill
Johnson
13.80%
32
Harvard Community Unit School District 50
Harvard
Mchenry
13.90%
33
Sandridge School District 172
Lynwood
Cook
14%
34
Creve Coeur School District 76
Creve Coeur
Tazewell
14.30%
35
North Chicago Community Unit School District 187
North Chicago
Lake
14.30%
36
Colona School District 190
Colona
Henry
14.40%
37
Paw Paw Community Unit School District 271
Paw Paw
Lee
14.60%
38
Freeport School District 145
Freeport
Stephenson
14.90%
39
North Wamac School District 186
Centralia
Clinton
15.10%
40
Pleasant Hill School District 69
Peoria
Peoria
15.20%
41
Woodland Community Unit School District 5
Gurnee
Livingston
15.20%
42
Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1
Morrisonville
Christian
15.30%
43
Silvis School District 34
Silvis
Rock Island
15.40%
44
Hazel Crest School District 152.5
Hazel Crest
Cook
15.40%
45
Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3
Beach Park
Lake
15.40%
46
Sandoval Community Unit School District 501
Sandoval
Marion
15.50%
47
Learn 9 In Waukegan
Waukegan
Lake
15.60%
48
Central City School District 133
Centralia
Marion
15.60%
49
Dolton School District 148
Riverdale
Cook
15.70%
50
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Waukegan
Lake
15.70%
51
Community Consolidated School District 204
Pinckneyville
Perry
15.70%
52
Patoka Community Unit School District 100
Patoka
Marion
15.90%
53
Posen Robbins Elementary School District 143.5
Posen
Cook
16.20%
54
Country Club Hills School District 160
Country Club Hills
Cook
16.30%
55
Fairmont School District 89
Lockport
Will
16.30%
56
Danville Community Consolidated School District 118
Danville
Vermilion
16.30%
57
Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4
Griggsville
Pike
16.30%
58
Midlothian School District 143
Midlothian
Cook
16.30%
59
North Clay Community Unit School District 25
Louisville
Clay
16.30%
60
Chaney Monge School District 88
Crest Hill
Will
16.40%
61
Amboy Community Unit School District 272
Amboy
Lee
16.60%
62
Scott Morgan Community Unit School District 2
Bluffs
Scott
16.70%
63
West Chicago Elementary School District 33
West Chicago
Dupage
16.70%
64
Venice Community Unit School District 3
Venice
Madison
16.70%
65
Leland Community Unit School District 1
Leland
La Salle
16.70%
66
Carbondale Elementary School District 95
Carbondale
Jackson
16.80%
67
General George Patton School District 133
Riverdale
Cook
16.90%
68
Rockford School District 205
Rockford
Winnebago
16.90%
69
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89
Melrose Park
Cook
17%
70
Pembroke Community Consolidated School District 259
Hopkins Park
Kankakee
17.10%
71
Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11
Meredosia
Morgan
17.10%
72
Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186
Murphysboro
Jackson
17.10%
73
Cicero School District 99
Cicero
Cook
17.30%
74
Edinburg Community Unit School District 4
Edinburg
Christian
17.40%
75
Round Lake Community Unit School District 116
Round Lake
Lake
17.50%
76
East Dubuque Unit School District 119
East Dubuque
Jo Daviess
17.50%
77
Granite City Community Unit School District 9
Granite City
Madison
17.50%
78
Century Community Unit School District 100
Ullin
Pulaski
17.70%
79
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426
Cornell
Livingston
17.70%
80
Edgar County Community Unit School District 6
Chrisman
Edgar
17.80%
81
Marseilles Elementary School District 150
Marseilles
La Salle
17.90%
82
Riverview Community Consolidated School District 2
East Peoria
Woodford
18.10%
83
Harvey School District 152
Harvey
Cook
18.30%
84
Lewistown Community Unit School District 97
Lewistown
Fulton
18.30%
85
Berkeley School District 87
Berkeley
Cook
18.30%
86
Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426
Kirkland
Dekalb
18.30%
87
Burnham School District 154-5
Burnham
Cook
18.50%
88
Kansas Community Unit School District 3
Kansas
Edgar
18.80%
89
Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6
Minonk
Woodford
18.80%
90
Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142
Ludlow
Champaign
18.80%
91
Hardin County Community Unit School District 1
Elizabethtown
Hardin
18.90%
92
Betty Shabazz International Charter School
Chicago
Cook
18.90%
93
Urbana School District 116
Urbana
Champaign
19.10%
94
A-C Central Community Unified School District 262
Ashland
Cass
19.10%
95
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
19.10%
96
Oakland Community Unit School District 5
Oakland
Coles
19.10%
97
Ramsey Community Unit School District 204
Ramsey
Fayette
19.20%
98
Kankakee School District 111
Kankakee
Kankakee
19.30%
99
Joliet Public Schools District 86
Joliet
Will
19.40%
100
Rock Island School District 41
Rock Island
Rock Island
19.50%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157Granite City Community Unit School District 9Cicero School District 99 BoardRamsey Community Unit School District 204West Central Community Unit School District 235Harvey School District 152 BoardMorrisonville Community Unit School District 1 BoardPleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3Harvard Community Unit School District 50Lewistown Community Unit School District 97 BoardWest Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147Edinburg Community Unit School District 4Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 BoardBurnham School District 154-5Hazel Crest School District 152-5Sandridge School District 172Patoka Community Unit School District 100East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119Scott-Morgan Community Unit School District 2Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57Fairmont School District 89 BoardDolton School District 148La Moille Community Unit School District 303Marseilles Elementary School District 150Berkeley School District 87 BoardDecatur School District 61 BoardBuncombe Consolidated School District 43Carbondale Elementary School District 95Zion Elementary School District 6 BoardCommunity Consolidated School District 204Woodland Community Unit School District 5Cairo Community Unit School District 1Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 BoardJoliet Public School District 86Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426Venice Community Unit School District 3 BoardDolton School District 149Pleasant Hill School District 69West Chicago School District 33 BoardThompsonville Community Unit School District 174Community Consolidated School District 168Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6Meridian Community Unit School District 101Oakland Community Unit School District 5Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 BoardNew Simpson Hill Consolidated District 32Westville Community Unit School District 2 BoardNorth Wamac School District 186Leland Community Unit School District 1Century Community Unit School District 100Sandoval Community Unit School District 501Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89South Holland School District 151 BoardCarrier Mills-Stonefort Community Unit School District BoardBeach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 BoardCentral City School District 133 BoardNorth Chicago School District 187Betty Shabazz International Charter SchoolsCahokia Community Unit School District 187Country Club Hills School District 160Rock Island-Milan School District 41 BoardCarbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 BoardWaukegan Community Unit School District 60Shawnee Community Unit School District 84Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142Rockford School District 205Dekalb Community Unit School District 428General George Patton School District 133Freeport School District 145 BoardRantoul City School District 137 BoardSilvis School District 34 BoardLa Salle Elementary School District 122Paw Paw Community Unit School District 271Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426Amboy Community Unit School District 272Learn 9 In WaukeganGriggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 BoardA C Central Community Unit School District 262 Board of EducationBrooklyn Community Unit School District 188 BoardMadison Community Unit School District 12Kankakee School District 111Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 BoardHardin County Community Unit School District 1Egyptian Community Unit School District 5Dongola School Unit District 66 BoardMidlothian School District 143Colona School District 190 BoardBellwood School District 88Bronzeville Academy Charter SchoolDanville Community Consolidated School District 118North Clay Community Unit School District 25Amandla Charter SchoolChaney Monge School District 88Riverview Consolidated Community School District 2 BoardKansas Community Unit School District 3 BoardMurphysboro Community Unit School District 186 BoardCreve Coeur School District 76 Board

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