East Central Reporter

Despite dismal student performance on annual exams covering math and reading, high school graduation rates remain high across the region, according to an East Central Reporter analysis of 2016 data from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 36 schools analyzed in Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and Shelby counties, Arcola High School showed the greatest disparity. In a year when 98 percent of seniors graduated on time, just 21 percent of students actually passed annual tests that the state uses to determine who is "ready for the next level."

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them based on Common Core standards. High schoolers also took the tests through 2016. 

A composite score combines the results of the subject tests. Students whose scores either meet or exceed expectations are considered "ready for the next level."

Schools' graduation fraud index shows the difference between the composite passing rate and the graduation rate.

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East Central schools graduation fraud index

East Central high school	School district	County	Annual exam pass rate (%)	Graduation rate (%)	Graduation fraud index
Arcola High School	Arcola Cusd 306	Douglas	20.5	98.2	-77.7
Windsor Jr & Sr High School	Windsor Cusd 1	Shelby	23.8	100	-76.2
Villa Grove High School	Villa Grove Cusd 302	Douglas	9.6	85.7	-76.1
Martinsville Jr/Sr High School	Martinsville Cusd 3C	Clark	10.6	85	-74.4
Beecher City Jr-Sr High School	Beecher City Cusd 20	Effingham	22.2	94.1	-71.9
Teutopolis High School	Teutopolis Cusd 50	Effingham	28.2	100	-71.8
Oakland High School	Oakland Cusd 5	Coles	22.5	92.3	-69.8
Neoga Junior High School	Neoga Cusd 3	Cumberland	28.9	98.3	-69.4
Altamont High School	Altamont Cusd 10	Effingham	19.3	88.6	-69.3
Richland County High School	Richland County Cusd 1	Richland	17.9	87.1	-69.2
Chrisman High School	Edgar County Cud 6	Edgar	26.5	93.5	-67
Mattoon High School	Mattoon Cusd 2	Coles	28.2	91.2	-63
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School	Cowden-Herrick Cusd 3A	Shelby	7.8	69.7	-61.9
Lawrenceville High School	Lawrence County Cud 20	Lawrence	14.8	76.5	-61.7
Kansas High School	Kansas Cusd 3	Edgar	24.5	85.7	-61.2
Tuscola High School	Tuscola Cusd 301	Douglas	33.1	93.3	-60.2
Shiloh High School	Shiloh Cusd 1	Edgar	22.8	82.1	-59.3
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High School	Arthur Cusd 305	Douglas	35.5	93.6	-58.1
Red Hill Jr/Sr High School	Red Hill Cusd 10	Lawrence	24.8	82.7	-57.9
North Clay Community High School	North Clay Cusd 25	Clay	25.5	83.3	-57.8
Shelbyville High School	Shelbyville Cusd 4	Shelby	28.9	85.7	-56.8
Palestine High School	Palestine Cusd 3	Crawford	30.8	87.5	-56.7
Effingham High School	Effingham Cusd 40	Effingham	30.6	85.7	-55.1
Marshall High School	Marshall Cusd 2C	Clark	30.9	83.5	-52.6
Casey-Westfield Jr High	Casey-Westfield Cusd 4C	Clark	34	85.9	-51.9
Stewardson-Strasburg High School	Stewardson-Strasburg Cud 5A	Shelby	28.6	80	-51.4
Robinson High School	Robinson Cusd 2	Crawford	30.8	81.7	-50.9
Clay City High School	Clay City Cusd 10	Clay	30.4	80	-49.6
Flora High School	Flora Cusd 35	Clay	28.2	73.6	-45.4
Charleston High School	Charleston Cusd 1	Coles	38.4	82.6	-44.2
Central A & M High School	Central A &Amp; M Cud 21	Shelby	47.5	89.7	-42.2
Cumberland High School	Cumberland Cusd 77	Cumberland	49.5	90.8	-41.3
Oblong High School	Oblong Cusd 4	Crawford	39.1	79.6	-40.5
Dieterich Jr/Sr High School	Dieterich Cusd 30	Effingham	48.8	89.2	-40.4
Newton Community High School	Jasper County Cud 1	Jasper	55.1	93.1	-38
Hutsonville High School	Hutsonville Cusd 1	Crawford	57.5	85.7	-28.2

Source: Illinois State Board of Education