Will County Gazette

Of the 476 students attending Peotone High School in 2019, 34 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 25 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

The report is based on results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam; a state-mandated exam used to assess the school and student performance in several states nationwide.

In the Peotone Community Unit School District 207U, 34 percent of students scored proficient on the ELA portion of the PARCC exam in 2019, and 25 percent were proficient in math.

In Illinois, overall, 36.7 percent of students passed the PARCC ELA exam in 2019, and 34.8 percent were proficient in math.

School	ELA School Proficiency	Math School Proficiency
Joliet Central High School	18.4	16.2
Joliet West High School	31.9	23.8
Beecher High School	42.5	20.7
Wilmington High School	30.6	23.2
Lockport Township High School East	41.7	39.9
Lincoln-Way East High School	57.7	58
Crete-Monee High School	20.8	13.1
Neuqua Valley High School	72.7	74.6
Reed-Custer High School	27.4	28.3
Romeoville High School	35.7	33.1
Bolingbrook High School	33.8	33.7
Plainfield East High School	40.8	43.9
Plainfield High School	38.2	37.6
Plainfield North High School	50.8	53.9
Plainfield South High School	32.9	34.7
Peotone High School	34	25