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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Statewide test results: 61 percent of Western Junior failed English language arts

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About 39 percent of Western Junior High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 61 percent of students failed, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards.

According to Western Junior High School English language scores, about 34 percent met expectations and 5 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category are considered to be most ready to move on to the next level and are most prepared for college or work.

Another 36 percent approached expectations, while 16 percent partially met expectations and 9 percent did not meet them. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Western Junior High School, which enrolled 179 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Western Junior High School's English language arts scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
38.7%
61.3%
2016
39.8%
60.2%
2015
26.6%
73.4%

How Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Henderson, Knox, Log County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Western Junior High School
Kinderhook
Pike
38.7%
61.3%
Bushnell-Prairie City Junior High School
Bushnell
McDonough
32.5%
67.5%
Macomb Junior High School
Macomb
McDonough
29.8%
70.2%
La Harpe Junior High School
La Harpe
Hancock
29.7%
70.3%
Jacksonville Middle School
Jacksonville
Morgan
26.8%
73.2%
Bluffs Junior High School
Bluffs
Scott
7.1%
92.9%
Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High
Meredosia
Morgan
6.5%
93.5%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
86.2%
13.8%
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
85.6%
14.4%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
83.6%
16.4%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
82.1%
17.9%
Deer Path Middle School West
Lake Forest
Lake
80.2%
19.8%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
80%
20.0%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
79.5%
20.5%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
78.6%
21.4%
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Big Rock
Dekalb
78.6%
21.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.5%
23.5%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
76.2%
23.8%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
75.9%
24.1%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
75.7%
24.3%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
75.7%
24.3%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
75.3%
24.7%
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
75.1%
24.9%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
73.5%
26.5%
Edison Middle School
Wheaton
Dupage
72.9%
27.1%
Mossville Junior High
Mossville
Peoria
71.9%
28.1%

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