IL Report Card: How Oswego Schools Stack Up

OSWEGO, IL — One Oswego school has been labeled as exemplary, while 16 others were labeled commendable and three more as underperforming, according to the Illinois Report Card. That includes seven schools moving to commendable after being labeled as underperforming last year.

The grades are part of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness state achievement exam, with data from the exams informing the Illinois Report Card. The report card gives schools a ranking of "exemplary," "commendable" or "underperforming" and also provides average tests scores for district students and breaks down district finances.

Oswego East High School was listed as exemplary, the lone school in the district with such a designation this year. No District 308 schools were labeled exemplary last year.

Thompson Junior High, Fox Chase Elementary and Lakewood Creek Elementary were labeled as underperforming, according to the report card. This year's report card shows significant progress, after 10 schools were reported as underperforming last year. (Click here for last year's results.)

The remaining District 308 schools were labeled as commendable. Brokaw Early Learning Center and East View Academy were not ranked.

The report card also crunches an average SAT score for the district, with all district high school juniors taking the standardized test.

On the English portion of the SAT, 42 percent of District 308 students were labeled as proficient. That's down slight from last year's 43 percent, but is above the 37 percent for the state average, according to the report card. For math, 41 percent of district students who took the SAT were deemed proficient, down from the 42 percent last year but beating this year's statewide average of 36 percent.

Fifty-six percent of district students ranked as proficient on the Illinois Science Assessment, again down slight from last year's 57 percent but beating this year's state average of 49 percent.

District 308 said monitoring the scores included on the report over the years is hard because the state has changed it's testing and standards.

"Comparing scores year over year is hard when assessments continue to change," Associate Superintendent Faith Dahlquist said in a statement. "We are confident ... the diligent work being done to shape the strategic future of the district will result in more consistent achievement across our buildings and across our student populations."

District 202 operating expense per pupil is about $12,000, compared to the state average of $13,764, according to the Illinois Report Card.

For more information on the Illinois Report Card, and District 308's results, click here.