Illinois School Report Cards: Here's How Yorkville Schools Did

OSWEGO, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) released its 2017-2018 Illinois Report Cards at the end of October, rating all nine Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 schools as "commendable" as measured by the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

ESSA replaces the No Child Left Behind act and assigns the designations based on 10 indicators or performance including student growth.

No District 115 schools were ranked exemplary, underperforming or lowest performing.

According to Chalkbeat, statewide, 20 percent of schools were ranked as "underperforming" or "lowest performer," and nearly half of Chicago schools failed to meet performance standards.

At a glance comparison

The state report card offers a snapshot of District 308's performance including:

• Graduation rate: 88 percent. State average: 85 percent
• Student mobility (Percentage of students who experienced at least one transfer in or out of the school between the first school day of October and the last school day of the year, not including graduates): 6 percent. State average: 7 percent.
• Chronic absenteeism: 9 percent. State average: 17 percent.
• Funding: $51 million in final resources; adequacy target: $70 million. District's financial capacity to meet expectations: 74 percent.
• Teacher retention: 86 percent. State average: 85.2 percent.
• Per-student spending:
• Instructional: $6,829.05. State average: $8,023.61.
• Operational: $12,302.31. State average: $13,336.60

View District 115's Illinois Report Card here.

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