Illinois School Report Cards: Here's How Valley View Did

ROMEOVILLE, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) released its 2017-2018 Illinois Report Cards at the end of October, rating one Valley View school "exemplary," 16 "commendable" and two "underperforming" 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.

Jane Addams Middle School in Bolingbrook was the only Valley View school designated exemplary. Oak View and Wood View elementary schools, also in Bolingbrook, were rated underperforming.

All the rest of Valley View's schools fell into the "commendable" designation, and the district did not have any schools ranked in the "lowest performing" category.

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 Valley View'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): 8 percent. State average: 7 percent.
• Chronic absenteeism: 17 percent. State average: 17 percent.
• Funding: $150 million in final resources; adequacy target: $230 million. District's financial capacity to meet expectations: 66 percent.
• Teacher retention: 86 percent. State average: 85.2 percent.
• Per-student spending:
• Instructional: $8,485.79. State average: $8,023.61.
• Operational: $13,455.81. State average: $13,336.60

View Valley View's Illinois Report Card here.

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