Saint Matthew School Report Card 06-07

The Terra Nova Achievement Test is given to all St. Matthew students in grades 2-8 in the fall of the year.  It was normed in public and private schools across the nation.  The following scores are grade-level average percentiles.   Comparisons have been made with the Catholic schools in the Peoria Diocese; Region II of the Peoria Diocese which include the Catholic schools in Champaign, Bloominton, Lincoln, Danville and Rantoul; and Public and Catholic Schools nationally.   Comparisons can not be made with the Champaign Public Schools.  Champaign Unit 4 students do not take a nationally-normed achievement test.

TERRA NOVA TEST RESULTS '06-'07 COMPARISONS
BASED ON NATIONAL PERCENTILES

Reading
Composite
Language
Composite
Math
Composite
Total
Score
Science Social
Studies
Students
Tested
Grade
Level
St. Matthew 74 67 73 72 67 71 51

2

Region 69 64 70 67 63 68 173

Diocese 72 70 71 71 65 70 436

St. Matthew 77 71 63 73 72 78 56

3

Region 70 64 65 68 66 74 317
Diocese 68 65 64 67 65 73 1040
St. Matthew 81 80 74 80 79 84 51

4

Region 77 74 67 75 74 80 288
Diocese 74 71 65 72 73 77 862
St. Matthew 78 79 62 77 80 79 50

5

Region 71 71 58 69 71 76 264
Diocese 70 68 58 69 69 73 830
St. Matthew 72 77 74 75 78 77 54

6

Region 70 70 67 70 69 68 312
Diocese 72 69 67 70 69 71 1068
St. Matthew 83 80 76 80 81 88 45

7

Region 73 78 69 74 69 78 281
Diocese 71 77 69 73 67 75 821
St. Matthew 82 74 68 74 78 79 55

8

Region 76 73 72 73 69 75 337
Diocese 75 72 72 72 68 72 1019

Instructional Setting/Teacher Information Comparison to Champaign Unit 4 and Illinois*
*Data taken from the 2006 Unite 4 Illinois School Report card
**Gross instructional operating costs; does not include cost of buildings

Average
Class Size
Student to
Staff Ration
Average #
of years teaching
Expenditure
per pupil **
St. Matthew 23.5 18.8 15 3,714 2004-2005
Unit 4 Schools 21 16.3 12.1 8,944 2004-2005
State 22.3 19 13 9,099 2004-2005

Instructional time comparison (Minutes per day)

                              Math

        Science

             
Grade level 3 6 8 3 6 8
St. Matthew 60 55 45 30 40 43
Unit 4 Schools 61 43 43 33 43 43
State 58 53 51 31 43 44

                                  English/Language Arts

         Social Science

Grade level 3 6 8 3 6 8
St. Matthew 140 110 98 30 40 45
Unit 4 Schools 165 87 86 33 43 43
State 145 105 93 31 43 45

St. Matthew Instructional time teaching core subjects (Minutes per day)

Grade K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
English 90 180 115 140 135 120 110 100 98
Math 35 45 45 60 50 45 55 45 45
Science 15 20 30 30 35 40 40 45 43
Social Studies 15 20 30 30 35 45 40 43 45
Religion 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 45 45