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Analysis: 73 percent of Westchester students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 27 percent of Westchester Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Westchester Middle School show about 25 percent met expectations and 2 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 31 percent approached expectations, 28 percent partially met expectations and 14 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Westchester Middle School, which enrolled 337 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

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

Westchester Middle School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
27.1%
72.9%
2016
31.6%
68.4%
2015
37%
63.0%

How County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
74.7%
25.3%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
67.7%
32.3%
L. J. Hauser Junior High School
Riverside
Cook
53.8%
46.2%
Wm F. Gurrie Middle School
La Grange
Cook
47.5%
52.5%
Percy Julian Middle School
Oak Park
Cook
43.2%
56.8%
S. E. Gross Middle School
Brookfield
Cook
40.6%
59.4%
Hester Junior High School
Franklin Park
Cook
40.3%
59.7%
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Oak Park
Cook
38.3%
61.7%
Lincoln Middle School
Schiller Park
Cook
37.9%
62.1%
Lincoln Middle School
Berwyn
Cook
37.7%
62.3%
Elm Middle School
Elmwood Park
Cook
35%
65.0%
Heritage Middle School
Berwyn
Cook
29.4%
70.6%
Westchester Middle School
Westchester
Cook
27.1%
72.9%
Macarthur Middle School
Berkeley
Cook
24.1%
75.9%
Washington Middle School
Lyons
Cook
22.8%
77.2%
Mannheim Middle School
Melrose Park
Cook
21.4%
78.6%
Northlake Middle School
Northlake
Cook
19.9%
80.1%
Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park
Cook
18.8%
81.2%
Stevenson Middle School
Melrose Park
Cook
17.9%
82.1%
Unity Junior High School
Cicero
Cook
14.9%
85.1%
Freedom Middle School
Berwyn
Cook
13.3%
86.7%
Roosevelt Middle School
Bellwood
Cook
10.9%
89.1%
Irving Middle School
Maywood
Cook
6.2%
93.8%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
81.7%
18.3%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
80.1%
19.9%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
79.9%
20.1%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
79.3%
20.7%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
79%
21.0%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
77.5%
22.5%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.6%
23.4%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
75.3%
24.7%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
74.7%
25.3%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
73.7%
26.3%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
73.3%
26.7%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
73%
27.0%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
72.5%
27.5%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
72%
28.0%
Deer Path Middle School West
Lake Forest
Lake
71.9%
28.1%
Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
68%
32.0%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
67.7%
32.3%
Wilmette Junior High School
Wilmette
Cook
67.5%
32.5%
Hinsdale Middle School
Hinsdale
Dupage
67.2%
32.8%
Gordon Gregory Middle School
Naperville
Dupage
66.8%
33.2%

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