St. James is proud of it's tradition of educational excellence. Students at St. James consistently achieve higher standardized test scores than their public school peers. Students attend classes in reading, writing, math, music, physical education, technology, Spanish, and Religion.
In 2008, the 7th grade class won top honors in the Project Citizen competition, while the 8th grade class has inspired a state legislator to consider an amendment for gun reform. Click to read the details in the Rockford Register Star article on St. James' winning entry or the Constitutional Foundation Rights Chicago article about the contest.
2009-2010 Iowa Testing of Basic Skills
In the fall, St. James' tests students for achievement using the Iowa Testing of Basic Skills tests. St. James consistently performs significantly higher than their grade level and higher than local public schools, which test their students the following spring. (source: District 100 Report Card) We are proud of our students' achievements. Congratulations to St. James' students for their excellent test scores! Click here to see the results or our tests.
2008-2009 Iowa Testing of Basic Skills
Any score at or above the green value in the far left grade column indicates students achieving above grade level. Example: Grade 6 has 6.2 (grade 6 plus 2 months), but their overall composite score is 7.7 indicating that students scored 1 year 5 months ahead.
|
Grade |
Reading |
Language |
Math |
Social Studies |
Science |
Sources of Info. |
Core |
Composite |
|
2.2 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
|
3.2 |
3.9 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
|
4.2 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
|
5.2 |
6.8 |
8.9 |
6.6 |
7.4 |
6.6 |
6.9 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
|
6.2 |
8.1 |
8.7 |
6.8 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
|
7.2 |
9.1 |
11.6 |
9.8 |
9.2 |
10.0 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
9.7 |
|
8.2 |
11.8 |
13+ |
12.2 |
12.9 |
13+ |
13+ |
12.8 |
13+ |
