Peoria Standard

Academic results data released recently reveals 22 percent of Mark W. Bills Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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 in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Mark W. Bills Middle School show about 20 percent met expectations and 2 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 26 percent approached expectations, 24 percent partially met expectations and 28 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Mark W. Bills Middle School, which enrolled 218 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

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

Mark W. Bills Middle School's scores over 3 years

How Peoria County schools' scores compare

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Skinner North Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

94.7%

5.3%

Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School

Chicago

Cook

94.1%

5.9%

Thurgood Marshall School

Rockford

Winnebago

93.9%

6.1%

Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

93.7%

6.3%

Iles Elementary School

Springfield

Sangamon

93.2%

6.8%

Lincoln Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

83.4%

16.6%

Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy

Chicago

Cook

79.8%

20.2%

Lisbon Grade School

Newark

Kendall

79.2%

20.8%

Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center

Chicago

Cook

79.1%

20.9%

Bartelso Elementary School

Bartelso

Clinton

78%

22.0%

Washington Gifted School

Peoria

Peoria

77.7%

22.3%

The Joseph Sears School

Kenilworth

Cook

75.1%

24.9%

Skinner Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

73.9%

26.1%

Sunset Ridge Elementary School

Northfield

Cook

72.9%

27.1%

Oak Grove Elementary School

Libertyville

Lake

72.7%

27.3%

Bannockburn School

Bannockburn

Lake

71.4%

28.6%

Highlands Middle School

La Grange Highlands

Cook

70.9%

29.1%

Germantown Elementary School

Germantown

Clinton

70.9%

29.1%

STEM Magnet Academy Elementary

Chicago

Cook

70.1%

29.9%

Aviston Elementary School

Aviston

Clinton

69.9%

30.1%