Peoria Standard

Despite dismal student performance on annual exams covering math and reading, Peoria metro area high school graduation rates remain high, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of 2016 data from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 38 schools analyzed in Peoria, Fulton, Marshall, Mason, Tazewell, Woodford and Stark counties, Lewistown High School showed the greatest disparity. In a year when 91 percent of seniors graduated on time, just 13 percent of students actually passed annual tests that the state uses to determine who is "ready for the next level."

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 based on Common Core standards. High schoolers also took the tests through 2016. 

A composite score combines the results of the subject tests. Students whose scores either meet or exceed expectations are considered "ready for the next level."

Schools' graduation fraud index shows the difference between the composite passing rate and the graduation rate.

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Graduation fraud index

Peoria metro area high school	School district	City	Annual exam pass rate (%)	Graduation rate (%)	Graduation fraud index
Lewistown High School	Lewistown Cusd 97	Lewistown	12.7	91.3	-78.6
V I T Sr High School	V I T Cusd 2	Table Grove	15.9	92.3	-76.4
Fieldcrest High School	Fieldcrest Cusd 6	Minonk	16.1	90.4	-74.3
Quest Charter School Academy	Peoria Sd 150	Peoria	6.6	78.4	-71.8
East Peoria High School	East Peoria Chsd 309	East Peoria	15	86.2	-71.2
Spoon River Valley Senior High School	Spoon River Valley Cusd 4	London Mills	20.8	91.7	-70.9
Cuba Sr High School	Cusd 3 Fulton County	Cuba	11.3	82.1	-70.8
Astoria High School	Astoria Cusd 1	Astoria	23.3	92.9	-69.6
Delavan High School	Delavan Cusd 703	Delavan	25.9	93.8	-67.9
Limestone Community High School	Limestone Chsd 310	Peoria	13.6	79.1	-65.5
Brimfield High School	Brimfield Cusd 309	Brimfield	25.8	91.2	-65.4
Midwest Central High School	Midwest Central Cusd 191	Manito	19.4	84.7	-65.3
El Paso-Gridley High School	El Paso-Gridley Cusd 11	El Paso	25.6	89.5	-63.9
Havana High School	Havana Cusd 126	Havana	24.8	88.4	-63.6
Farmington Central High School	Farmington Central Cusd 265	Farmington	32.6	95.1	-62.5
Canton High School	Canton Union Sd 66	Canton	27.6	89.6	-62
Lowpoint Washburn Community Unit School District 21	Lowpoint-Washburn Cusd 21	Washburn	14.4	76	-61.6
Peoria Heights High School	Peoria Heights Cusd 325	Peoria Heights	17.9	78.8	-60.9
Il Valley Central High School	Il Valley Central Usd 321	Chillicothe	22.6	82.1	-59.5
Illini Bluffs High School	Illini Bluffs Cusd 327	Glasford	36.8	92	-55.2
Washington Community High School	Washington Chsd 308	Washington	37.8	91.6	-53.8
Henry-Senachwine High School	Henry-Senachwine Cusd 5	Henry	25.6	78.9	-53.3
Elmwood High School	Elmwood Cusd 322	Elmwood	43.9	95.6	-51.7
Dunlap High School	Dunlap Cusd 323	Dunlap	43.6	94.8	-51.2
Manual Academy	Peoria Sd 150	Peoria	9.1	59.4	-50.3
Metamora High School	County Of Woodford School	Metamora	43.7	93.5	-49.8
Princeville High School	Princeville Cusd 326	Princeville	42.6	91.3	-48.7
Peoria High School	Peoria Sd 150	Peoria	11.3	59.1	-47.8
Tremont High School	Tremont Cusd 702	Tremont	44.4	91.9	-47.5
Stark County High School	Stark County Cusd 100	Toulon	48.6	94.9	-46.3
Dee-Mack High School	Deer Creek-Mackinaw Cusd 701	Mackinaw	47.3	91.5	-44.2
Pekin Community High School	Pekin Csd 303	Pekin	35.5	79	-43.5
Roanoke-Benson High School	Roanoke Benson Cusd 60	Roanoke	46.3	88.9	-42.6
Eureka High School	Eureka Cud 140	Eureka	49.8	91.7	-41.9
Midland High School	Midland Cusd 7	Varna	43.4	81.8	-38.4
Morton High School	Morton Cusd 709	Morton	59.4	92.3	-32.9
Richwoods High School	Peoria Sd 150	Peoria	56.2	80.5	-24.3

Source: Illinois State Board of Education