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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Statewide test results: black students score 28.8 points lower at Park Junior High School

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At Park Junior High School, a 28.8-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 10.4-point decline in scores between black and hispanic students. Of the 694 students enrolled in 2018, 5.3 percent were black – or 36 students.

The achievement gap measures how one group of students academically outperforms another. The Illinois State Board of Education collects data on the persistent gap between groups by race and ethnicity, income level and gender.

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. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

According to Park Junior High School composite scores for 2018, 23.9 percent of black students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 52.6 percent of hispanic students passed.

Students who passed either met or exceeded expectations are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work. Students who failed either partially met, approached or did not meet expectations.

The achievement gap is larger for English language arts scores and smaller for math scores.

There is a 33.4-point gap between black and hispanic students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 9.3 point improvement since 2017. In 2018, 30.6 percent of black students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 64 percent of hispanic students passed.

There was a 24.1-point gap between black and hispanic students' math scores in 2018: 17.1 percent of black students passed while 41.2 percent of hispanic students passed.

Park Junior High School's black vs. hispanic achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
16.3%
20.4%
12.2%
2016
10.1%
8.0%
12.2%
2017
18.4%
24.1%
12.7%
2018
28.8%
33.4%
24.1%

The achievement gap at West Suburbs schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Washington Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
0.1%
5.8%
6.0%
McKinley Elementary School
South Holland SD 150
South Holland
Cook
0.1%
0.9%
1.1%
Irving Elementary School
Bloomington SD 87
Bloomington
McLean
0.1%
4.1%
4.2%
Garfield Elementary School
SD U-46
Elgin
Kane
0.1%
9.0%
8.7%
North Elementary School
Crystal Lake CCSD 47
Crystal Lake
McHenry
0.2%
4.9%
5.3%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Chicago Heights SD 170
Chicago Heights
Cook
0.7%
1.8%
3.1%
Washington Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
0.8%
5.4%
3.8%
Forest Road Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange Park
Cook
0.9%
1.5%
0.3%
Daniel Burnham Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
1.2%
10.4%
12.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Brookfield
Cook
1.4%
4.7%
2.0%
Sunnyside Intermediate School
Berkeley SD 87
Berkeley
Cook
1.5%
0.7%
3.7%
Roosevelt Middle School
Bellwood SD 88
Bellwood
Cook
1.6%
2.1%
1.2%
Washington Elementary School
SD U-46
Elgin
Kane
1.9%
4.5%
0.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Whiteside
1.9%
25.6%
21.7%
Irving Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
1.9%
1.0%
2.7%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dekalb CUSD 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
2.1%
0.5%
4.7%
Liberty Elementary School
CUSD 300
Carpentersville
Kane
2.5%
8.7%
3.6%
Karel Havlicek Elementary School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
2.5%
2.4%
2.6%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
Moline
Rock Island
2.5%
16.2%
11.3%
T. Roosevelt Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
2.6%
1.2%
6.5%
Washington Middle School
Aurora West USD 129
Aurora
Kane
2.6%
1.7%
6.9%
Washington Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
3.1%
8.6%
2.4%
Washington Middle School
Lyons SD 103
Lyons
Cook
3.3%
7.7%
1.1%
Roosevelt School
River Forest SD 90
River Forest
Cook
3.4%
16.8%
10.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Bellwood SD 88
Bellwood
Cook
3.5%
2.8%
4.2%
Irving Middle School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Maywood
Cook
3.8%
2.8%
4.7%
Jefferson Elementary School
Chicago Heights SD 170
Chicago Heights
Cook
4.2%
2.0%
6.3%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Broadview
Cook
4.3%
7.3%
1.4%
Elmwood Elementary School
Zion Esd 6
Zion
Lake
4.3%
5.5%
3.1%
Washington Elementary School
Rockford SD 205
Rockford
Winnebago
4.5%
6.4%
2.5%
North Elementary School
Alton CUSD 11
Godfrey
Madison
4.8%
5.9%
3.6%
Whittier Elementary School
Waukegan CUSD 60
Waukegan
Lake
5.9%
8.9%
2.9%
North Elementary School
SD 45 Dupage County
Villa Park
Dupage
5.9%
8.4%
3.4%
Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood Park CUSD 401
Elmwood Park
Cook
6.0%
0.4%
12.3%
North Elementary School
CCSD 62
Des Plaines
Cook
6.1%
7.5%
4.7%
Lace Elementary School
Darien SD 61
Darien
Dupage
6.2%
4.3%
8.1%
Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park SD 91
Forest Park
Cook
6.3%
9.4%
3.2%
Freedom Middle School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
6.5%
8.1%
4.9%
Grant Elementary School
Bellwood SD 88
Melrose Park
Cook
6.5%
0.9%
12.2%
Stevenson Middle School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Melrose Park
Cook
6.5%
3.8%
9.2%
Field Stevenson Elementary School
Forest Park SD 91
Forest Park
Cook
6.6%
3.7%
16.9%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Bellwood SD 88
Bellwood
Cook
6.7%
5.0%
8.3%
Warren Park School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
6.7%
13.8%
0.5%
William Beye Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
6.8%
15.2%
1.5%
Heritage Middle School
Sunnybrook SD 171
Lansing
Cook
6.8%
7.2%
6.3%
Lindop Elementary School
Lindop SD 92
Broadview
Cook
6.9%
2.1%
11.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
7.0%
14.1%
0.0%
Elm Middle School
Elmwood Park CUSD 401
Elmwood Park
Cook
7.2%
2.0%
12.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
SD U-46
Hoffman Estates
Kane
7.4%
1.1%
13.7%
Hillside Elementary School
Hillside SD 93
Hillside
Cook
7.4%
4.7%
10.1%
Congress Park Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
Brookfield
Cook
7.9%
2.1%
13.7%
Liberty Elementary School
Orland SD 135
Orland Park
Cook
8.1%
3.1%
13.0%
Central Elementary School
Central SD 104
O Fallon
Saint Clair
8.3%
8.9%
7.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Cook County SD 130
Blue Island
Cook
8.3%
0.0%
16.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Pontiac CCSD 429
Pontiac
Livingston
8.3%
2.8%
13.9%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
Moline
Rock Island
8.3%
8.3%
8.3%
Emerson Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Maywood
Cook
8.3%
2.5%
14.2%
Whittier Elementary School
Cook County SD 130
Blue Island
Cook
8.6%
16.7%
0.4%
McKinley Elementary School
SD U-46
Elgin
Kane
8.8%
7.9%
9.8%
McKinley Elementary School
Bellwood SD 88
Bellwood
Cook
9.7%
12.4%
6.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Maywood
Cook
9.8%
8.2%
11.3%
Prairie Oak School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
9.9%
8.0%
11.8%
Unity Junior High School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
10.2%
11.4%
9.1%
Cicero East Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
10.4%
11.4%
9.4%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Melrose Park
Cook
10.4%
16.5%
4.4%
Lincoln Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
10.8%
18.0%
3.7%
Rhodes Elementary School
Rhodes SD 84-5
River Grove
Cook
10.8%
8.8%
12.8%
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
10.8%
11.1%
10.4%
Garfield Elementary School
Chicago Heights SD 170
Chicago Heights
Cook
10.8%
10.5%
11.1%
Horace Mann Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
11.1%
22.3%
0.1%
Macarthur Middle School
Berkeley SD 87
Berkeley
Cook
11.4%
14.2%
8.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Esd 156
Calumet City
Cook
11.6%
12.5%
10.6%
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
11.8%
15.0%
8.7%
Liberty Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Bolingbrook
Will
11.9%
8.3%
15.5%
Central Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
12.0%
13.6%
10.4%
North Elementary School
Waukegan CUSD 60
Waukegan
Lake
12.0%
13.1%
10.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dolton SD 148
Dolton
Cook
12.2%
19.6%
4.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Palatine CCSD 15
Palatine
Cook
12.6%
13.3%
11.8%
Elmwood Elementary School
Naperville CUSD 203
Naperville
Dupage
13.2%
13.9%
12.4%
Cossitt Ave Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange
Cook
13.7%
21.6%
5.8%
Heritage Middle School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
13.9%
19.6%
8.2%
Garfield Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Maywood
Cook
13.9%
16.7%
11.1%
Percy Julian Middle School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
14.0%
16.1%
11.9%
Jefferson Elementary School
Charleston CUSD 1
Charleston
Coles
14.1%
19.7%
8.4%
Whittier Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
14.2%
17.8%
10.6%
Oliver W. Holmes Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
14.8%
11.1%
18.6%
Westchester Intermediate School
Westchester SD 92-5
Westchester
Cook
15.3%
21.6%
9.1%
Lincoln Middle School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
15.9%
15.6%
16.2%
Westchester Middle School
Westchester SD 92-5
Westchester
Cook
16.6%
23.8%
9.5%
Jefferson Elementary School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
17.4%
19.7%
15.0%
Washington Elementary School
Waukegan CUSD 60
Waukegan
Lake
17.6%
18.0%
17.2%
Whittier Elementary School
Harvey SD 152
Harvey
Cook
17.6%
16.9%
18.4%
Irving Elementary School
Kewanee CUSD 229
Kewanee
Henry
18.7%
13.5%
23.9%
Washington Dual Language Academy
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Maywood
Cook
19.0%
11.0%
27.0%
Komarek Elementary School
Komarek SD 94
North Riverside
Cook
19.4%
20.0%
18.7%
William Hatch Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
19.8%
26.5%
13.0%
Willard Elementary School
River Forest SD 90
River Forest
Cook
20.6%
3.6%
37.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
20.9%
20.9%
20.8%
Scott Elementary School
Mascoutah Cud 19
Scott Air Force Base
Saint Clair
22.1%
25.0%
19.3%
Longfellow Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
25.4%
14.0%
36.7%
Liberty Elementary School
SD U-46
Bartlett
Kane
25.8%
11.6%
40.0%
Edison Elementary School
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
McDonough
26.0%
23.5%
28.5%
Washington Elementary School
Bloomington SD 87
Bloomington
McLean
26.8%
25.4%
28.2%
Scott Elementary School
Naperville CUSD 203
Naperville
Dupage
27.8%
28.9%
26.7%
Park Junior High School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange Park
Cook
28.8%
33.4%
24.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
29.0%
27.9%
30.1%
Lincoln Middle School
Edwardsville CUSD 7
Edwardsville
Madison
29.5%
26.5%
32.5%
S. E. Gross Middle School
Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95
Brookfield
Cook
29.8%
30.4%
29.1%
Irving Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
29.8%
30.8%
28.8%
Washington Elementary School
Champaign CUSD 4
Champaign
Champaign
31.0%
34.1%
27.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Marion CUSD 2
Marion
Williamson
33.0%
53.3%
12.8%
Emerson Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
38.2%
42.5%
34.0%
L. J. Hauser Junior High School
Riverside SD 96
Riverside
Cook
39.3%
41.9%
36.7%
Whittier Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
52.9%
42.9%
62.9%
Gower West Elementary School
Gower SD 62
Willowbrook
Dupage
58.2%
47.5%
69.0%

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