Dupage Policy Journal

About 43 percent of Lowell Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 57 percent of students failed, according to a DuPage Policy Journal 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 Lowell Elementary School math scores, about 38 percent met expectations and 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 27 percent approached expectations, while 17 percent partially met expectations and 12 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 Lowell Elementary School, which enrolled 371 students in 2018, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Lowell Elementary School's math scores over 4 years

How DuPage County schools' math scores compare

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Rockford

Winnebago

91.7%

8.3%

Decatur Classical Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

89.1%

10.9%

Alhambra Primary School

Alhambra

Madison

87.6%

12.4%

Walden Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

86.3%

13.7%

Meadow Glens Elementary School

Naperville

Dupage

85.9%

14.1%

Walker School

Clarendon Hills

Dupage

85.7%

14.3%

Milledgeville Elementary School

Milledgeville

Carroll

85.2%

14.8%

Eisenhower Academy

Joliet

Will

84.3%

15.7%

South Park Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

84.3%

15.7%

Middlefork Primary School

Northfield

Cook

82.7%

17.3%

McDade Elementary Classical School

Chicago

Cook

81.1%

18.9%

Everett Elementary School

Lake Forest

Lake

80.5%

19.5%

Fry Elementary School

Naperville

Dupage

80.3%

19.7%

Central Elementary School

Wilmette

Cook

80%

20.0%

Prairie Elementary School

Buffalo Grove

Lake

79.9%

20.1%

Naper Elementary School

Naperville

Dupage

79.8%

20.2%

Greeley Elementary School

Winnetka

Cook

79.8%

20.2%

Beecher City Grade School

Beecher City

Effingham

79.7%

20.3%

Shabonee School

Northbrook

Cook

78.5%

21.5%

Wescott Elementary School

Northbrook

Cook

78.5%

21.5%