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Kids Can’t Read: Statewide District and School
Report Cards
Only 39 in every 100 Illinois students can read at grade level.
Is your child one of them?
Find out how your neighborhood school is performing.
Search for your school by entering a keyword in its name below…
(Please note that districts are abbreviated. Examples: For “Chester-East Lincoln Community Consolidated School District 61,” enter “Chester” or “Lincoln”
or “CCSD 61” | For “Downers Grove Grade School District 58,” enter “Downers Grove” or “GSD 58”)
…OR by selecting the Elementary or High School folder, and then searching the alphabetized folders.
For an Illinois Statewide report card click here.
Illinois’ education system is failing its students.
Illinois students can’t read or do math at grade level…
Only 39%
of all students are
proficient in READING
Only 39% of all students are proficient in READING
Only 28%
of all students are
proficient in MATH
Only 28% of all students are proficient in MATH
Proficiency
by Race
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Reading
50%
20%
27%
67%
Math
38%
9%
15%
61%
Proficiency
by Race
Reading
Math
White
50%
38%
Black
20%
9%
Hispanic
27%
15%
Asian
67%
61%
…yet education officials push students from grade to grade…
Reading Proficiency
by Grade
Grade 3
31%
Grade 4
38%
Grade 5
39%
Grade 6
47%
Grade 7
43%
Grade 8
50%
Reading Proficiency
by Grade
Grade 3
31%
Grade 4
38%
Grade 5
39%
Grade 6
47%
Grade 7
43%
Grade 8
50%
…and graduate a vast majority of students who don’t have
the skills they need to succeed…
88% of students
graduate despite…
88% of students graduate despite…
just 31%
being proficient in reading
just 26%
being proficient in math
just 31% being proficient in reading and 26% being proficient in math
…while telling Illinois parents that most teachers and schools
are highly rated…
97% of teachers are rated “excellent or proficient”
84% of schools are rated “exemplary” or “commendable”
…all while spending continues to rise as enrollment falls.
Current Spending per Student
Student Enrollment
Source: Illinois State Board of Education
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