Illinois State Report Cards
October 2012
All school districts according to Public Act 84-126 are required to disseminate individual building State Report Card Data. To save printing and postage costs, school districts are allowed to disseminate this information on their websites. Individuals are free to print any of our State Report Cards from the list below or may contact a school directly to pick up a copy.
The following are highlights from our 2012 School Report Cards.
Attendance: Our attendance centers were Wauconda Grade School (PreK-5), Robert Crown School (PreK-5), Cotton Creek School (K-5), Wauconda Middle School (6-8), Matthews Middle School (6-8) and Wauconda High School (9-12). The district’s average attendance was 95.5%. The state average was 94.4%.
Financial: Our operating expenditure per pupil of $10,463 is below the state average of $11,664. Additonally the district's operating expenditure per pupil decreased by $289 while the state increased by $127.
Class Size: The district’s average class size is consistently higher than the state average at most grade levels.
Teacher Information: Our teachers’ average experience of 12.1 years is less than the state average of 12.9 years. Of our district’s teachers, 72.3% has a Master’s Degree, which is higher than the state average of 61.7%. All teachers are considered “highly qualified” as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
High School Information: Our graduation rate was 92.5% while the state average was 82.3%.
Student Demographics: 30.1% of our students are low income, compared to the state average of 49.0%. 10.3% of our students have limited English proficiency compared to the state average of 9.4%. 68.6% of our students are white, 1.1% Black, 24.3% Hispanic, 3.7% Asian, 0.3% Native American, and 2.0% are two or more races.
Student Mobility: Our district’s overall student mobility rate is 6.9%, which is below the state average of 13.1%.
Student Testing: The State testing program reports include third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and eleventh grades in the curricular areas of reading, math, and science. The average scores of District 118 students outpaced the state averages for ALL seventeen tests administered. The following horizontal bar graphs show the comparison between District 118 students who met or exceeded state standards as compared to the state averages. Also, information concerning the performance of our Wauconda High school students on the ACT is shown.
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WHS CLASS OF 2012 ACT SCORES: The Composite ACT score for the Wauconda High School Class of 2012 is 21.7. This is a .1 increase from the 21.6 Composite ACT score for the Class of 2011. The state average for 2012 remained at 20.9. The 21.7 Composite score for 2012 is the best overall score for Wauconda High School since the state began requiring all juniors to take the test back in 2002. Below, the Board will find the five-year ACT trend data for Wauconda High School, the State of Illinois and the Nation:
| Composite ACT Score |
| Year |
WHS |
State |
Nation |
| 2008 |
20.3 |
20.5 |
21.1 |
| 2009 |
21.1 |
20.6 |
21.1 |
| 2010 |
21.5 |
20.5 |
21.0 |
| 2011 |
21.6 |
20.6 |
21.1 |
| 2012 |
21.7 |
20.9 |
21.1 |
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The National average ACT Composite Score for 2012 remained at 21.1. It is important to note that only about 50% of students are tested Nationally on the ACT. In 2011, eight states across the country required ALL of their high school students to take the ACT, Illinois being one of them (this is referred to as “universal testing”). In 2011, Illinois topped the eight universal testing states. (State to state comparative data is not yet available for 2012.)
| Universal Testing States Composite ACT Scores for 2011 |
| State |
Percent of
Graduates
Tested |
Average
Composite
Score |
| National |
49 |
21.1 |
| Illinois |
100 |
20.9 |
| Colorado |
100 |
20.7 |
| Wyoming |
100 |
20.3 |
| Louisiana |
100 |
20.2 |
| Michigan |
100 |
20.0 |
| Kentucky |
100 |
19.6 |
| Tennessee |
100 |
19.5 |
| Mississippi |
100 |
18.7 |
Source: http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2011/states.html |
Summary
Overall, we are very proud of the performance of our students. We believe that our continued success is attributed to: 1) The hard work of our students; 2) The support of our parents; 3) The instruction and guidance provided by our teachers and support staff; 4) The Board of Education’s support of our curricular initiatives; 5) The leadership of our administration; and 6) the Show Them What You Know campaign last Spring. As a District, we recognize that we do have a few areas that require our attention. To that end, building level principals and their staff use these state scores as well as other assessment data as a basis for their school improvement activities. Also, we will continue to investigate means to improve student achievement in ALL areas through our team effort that includes staff, students, and parents.
Sincerely,
Daniel J. Coles, Ed.D.
Superintendent
of Schools
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