WE’RE PROUD OF THE FACTS!

· Serving Cook and Lake County families since 1855

· We are accredited by the State of Illinois and the Archdiocese of Chicago

· Student body is composed of 551 boys and girls.

· Twenty-seven homerooms

· Average class size is 18 students

· Student internet access in lab and classrooms

· 42 faculty and administrative staff – Faculty are Illinois State certified

· Extracurricular activities include sports, marching band, and fine arts!

· Parents and teachers working together as partners

We’re Academically Excellent

Terra Nova Median National Percentile

We have faith that our students are up to the test

TERRA NOVA TEST RESULTS FOR 2007-2008

St. Mary’s School Median National Percentile achieved by Grade

GRADE	# OF STUDENTS	READING	LANGUAGE	MATHEMATICS	TOTAL SCORES	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
3rd grade	45	72	76	78	76	77	79
4th grade	46	85	86	83	86	79	86
5th grade	54	82	86	83	85	84	85
6th grade	46	83	88	93	90	86	92
7th grade	55	80	90	84	86	81	82

1. This chart will help you assess where your child is in relationship to other children in his/her grade. Our scores indicate that the majority of our students scored significantly above national average.

2. This chart is to help you understand where your child's score ranks at St. Mary's. For example at the third grade level, half of the students scored above the median of 72% in reading and half scored below 72%. The Median National Percentile for the nation is 50%.

3. Please note that the total score is not an average of the test scores of reading, language, and mathematics, but is based on scale scores. Science and Social Studies sub-test are not part of total scores.

SMS Graduating Class of 2008 Performance Trend

Median Terra Nova Test Scores

GRADE	READING	LANGUAGE	MATHEMATICS	TOTAL SCORES	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
3rd grade	74	81	78	80	69	81
4th grade	85	88	81	86	75	83
5th grade	89	90	87	89	88	85
6th grade	83	85	88	87	82	85
7th grade	85	92	91	91	81	83