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 157• Granite City Community Unit School District 9• Cicero School District 99 Board• Ramsey Community Unit School District 204• West Central Community Unit School District 235• Harvey School District 152 Board• Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1 Board• Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3• Harvard Community Unit School District 50• Lewistown Community Unit School District 97 Board• West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147• Edinburg Community Unit School District 4• Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 Board• Burnham School District 154-5• Hazel Crest School District 152-5• Sandridge School District 172• Patoka Community Unit School District 100• East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119• Scott-Morgan Community Unit School District 2• Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57• Fairmont School District 89 Board• Dolton School District 148• La Moille Community Unit School District 303• Marseilles Elementary School District 150• Berkeley School District 87 Board• Decatur School District 61 Board• Buncombe Consolidated School District 43• Carbondale Elementary School District 95• Zion Elementary School District 6 Board• Community Consolidated School District 204• Woodland Community Unit School District 5• Cairo Community Unit School District 1• Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 Board• Joliet Public School District 86• Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426• Venice Community Unit School District 3 Board• Dolton School District 149• Pleasant Hill School District 69• West Chicago School District 33 Board• Thompsonville Community Unit School District 174• Community Consolidated School District 168• Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6• Meridian Community Unit School District 101• Oakland Community Unit School District 5• Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 Board• New Simpson Hill Consolidated District 32• Westville Community Unit School District 2 Board• North Wamac School District 186• Leland Community Unit School District 1• Century Community Unit School District 100• Sandoval Community Unit School District 501• Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89• South Holland School District 151 Board• Carrier Mills-Stonefort Community Unit School District Board• Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 Board• Central City School District 133 Board• North Chicago School District 187• Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools• Cahokia Community Unit School District 187• Country Club Hills School District 160• Rock Island-Milan School District 41 Board• Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 Board• Waukegan Community Unit School District 60• Shawnee Community Unit School District 84• Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142• Rockford School District 205• Dekalb Community Unit School District 428• General George Patton School District 133• Freeport School District 145 Board• Rantoul City School District 137 Board• Silvis School District 34 Board• La Salle Elementary School District 122• Paw Paw Community Unit School District 271• Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426• Amboy Community Unit School District 272• Learn 9 In Waukegan• Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 Board• A C Central Community Unit School District 262 Board of Education• Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188 Board• Madison Community Unit School District 12• Kankakee School District 111• Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 Board• Hardin County Community Unit School District 1• Egyptian Community Unit School District 5• Dongola School Unit District 66 Board• Midlothian School District 143• Colona School District 190 Board• Bellwood School District 88• Bronzeville Academy Charter School• Danville Community Consolidated School District 118• North Clay Community Unit School District 25• Amandla Charter School• Chaney Monge School District 88• Riverview Consolidated Community School District 2 Board• Kansas Community Unit School District 3 Board• Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 Board• Creve Coeur School District 76 Board
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