Illinois State Report Cards

October 2009

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 our website or may contact a school directly to pick up a copy.

School Report Cards

Cotton Creek School

Robert Crown School

Wauconda Grade School

Wauconda Middle School

Matthews Middle School

Wauconda High School

District 118

The following are highlights from our 2009 School Report Cards.

Attendance: Our attendance centers were Wauconda Grade School (K-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 94.8%. The state average was 93.7%.

Financial: Our operating expenditure per pupil of $10,140 is below the state average of $10,417.

Class Size: The district’s average pupil-teacher ratio is consistently lower than the state average at most grade levels.

Teacher Information: Our teachers’ average experience of 11.0 years is less than the state average of 12.5 years. Of our district’s teachers, 67.7% has a Master’s Degree, which is higher than the state average of 55.8%. All teachers are considered “highly qualified” as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

High School Information: Our graduation rate was 98.6% while the state average was 87.1%.

Student Demographics: 20.2% of our students are low income, compared to the state average of 42.9%. 9.7% of our students have limited English proficiency compared to the state average of 8.0%. 73.8% of our students are white, 0.7% Black, 19.5% Hispanic, 2.9% Asian, 0.1% Native American, and 3.0% Multiracial.

Student Mobility: Our district’s overall student mobility rate is 7.5%, which is below the state average of 13.5%.

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, a comparison of District 118 students 2009 ACT Composite versus the State average is given.

Percentage of District 118 Students Who Met/Exceeded State Averages
on 2009 Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT)

Percentage of WHS Juniors Who Met/Exceeded State Averages
On 2009 Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)

Comparison of District 118 Students 2009
ACT Composite versus State Average