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Statewide test results: white students score 16.9 points higher at Hester Junior High School

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At Hester Junior High School, a 16.9-point achievement gap persisted between white and hispanic students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 0.2-point improvement in scores between white and hispanic students. Of the 424 students enrolled in 2018, 29 percent were white – or 122 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 Hester Junior High School composite scores for 2018, 52.7 percent of white students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 35.8 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 smaller for English language arts scores and larger for math scores.

There is a 14.7-point gap between white and hispanic students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 2.3 point decline since 2017. In 2018, 58.9 percent of white students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 44.2 percent of hispanic students passed.

There was a 19.2-point gap between white and hispanic students' math scores in 2018: 46.5 percent of white students passed while 27.3 percent of hispanic students passed.

Hester Junior High School's white vs. hispanic achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
14.3%
14.1%
14.5%
2016
19.3%
17.9%
20.8%
2017
16.8%
17.0%
16.6%
2018
16.9%
14.7%
19.2%

The achievement gap at West Suburbs schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Northlake Middle School
Berkeley SD 87
Northlake
Cook
0.1%
0.7%
0.6%
Cicero East Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
J. W. Robinson Junior Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Lyons
Cook
0.4%
0.8%
1.6%
Highlands Elementary School
Lagrange Highlands SD 106
La Grange Highlands
Cook
0.5%
2.3%
1.3%
Central Elementary School
Central SD 104
O Fallon
Saint Clair
0.6%
3.8%
2.7%
Irving Elementary School
Kewanee CUSD 229
Kewanee
Henry
0.6%
11.3%
12.5%
Pershing Elementary School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
0.7%
10.0%
11.4%
Daniel Burnham Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
0.8%
6.1%
7.8%
Goodwin Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
0.8%
3.5%
2.0%
Warren Park School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
1.0%
7.8%
5.8%
Drexel Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
1.1%
2.0%
4.1%
Liberty Elementary School
SD U-46
Bartlett
Kane
1.4%
0.1%
2.8%
Abe Lincoln Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
2.1%
1.8%
2.4%
Unity Junior High School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
2.2%
1.2%
3.2%
Jefferson Elementary School
Charleston CUSD 1
Charleston
Coles
2.2%
0.3%
4.8%
Washington Elementary School
Rockford SD 205
Rockford
Winnebago
2.4%
0.4%
5.1%
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
2.5%
1.9%
3.2%
Whittier Elementary School
Cook County SD 130
Blue Island
Cook
2.9%
10.1%
4.4%
Lincoln Elementary School
Marion CUSD 2
Marion
Williamson
2.9%
17.9%
12.2%
Prairie Oak School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
2.9%
1.5%
4.3%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
Moline
Rock Island
3.1%
23.9%
17.7%
Hiawatha Elementary School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
3.1%
2.4%
8.6%
Highlands Elementary School
Naperville CUSD 203
Naperville
Dupage
3.4%
9.5%
2.7%
Washington Elementary School
Schiller Park SD 81
Schiller Park
Cook
4.2%
3.8%
12.3%
Lincoln Elementary School
Ottawa Esd 141
Ottawa
La Salle
4.6%
2.8%
6.4%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Chicago Heights SD 170
Chicago Heights
Cook
4.6%
2.2%
7.0%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Melrose Park
Cook
4.8%
0.6%
10.2%
Lincoln Middle School
Edwardsville CUSD 7
Edwardsville
Madison
4.9%
2.1%
7.7%
Edison Elementary School
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
McDonough
5.0%
0.5%
10.6%
North Elementary School
Franklin Park SD 84
Franklin Park
Cook
5.1%
6.3%
3.9%
Home Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Stickney
Cook
5.1%
3.2%
7.0%
T. Roosevelt Elementary School
Cicero SD 99
Cicero
Cook
5.2%
9.8%
0.7%
William Hatch Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
5.2%
2.9%
13.3%
Stevenson Middle School
Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89
Melrose Park
Cook
5.4%
11.4%
0.6%
Heritage Middle School
Sunnybrook SD 171
Lansing
Cook
5.5%
8.1%
2.8%
Washington Elementary School
Pontiac CCSD 429
Pontiac
Livingston
5.8%
10.7%
0.8%
McKinley Elementary School
Ottawa Esd 141
Ottawa
La Salle
6.0%
2.7%
14.6%
Highlands Middle School
Lagrange Highlands SD 106
La Grange Highlands
Cook
6.2%
2.4%
10.0%
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Spring Valley CCSD 99
Spring Valley
Bureau
6.5%
8.2%
4.9%
Whittier Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
7.0%
16.9%
2.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Whiteside
7.0%
5.5%
8.5%
Gower West Elementary School
Gower SD 62
Willowbrook
Dupage
7.4%
5.2%
20.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
7.7%
5.1%
10.2%
Lincoln Elementary School
Rochelle CCSD 231
Rochelle
Ogle
8.2%
5.1%
11.2%
Mannheim Middle School
Mannheim SD 83
Melrose Park
Cook
8.2%
6.4%
10.0%
Westchester Intermediate School
Westchester SD 92-5
Westchester
Cook
8.4%
2.2%
14.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
River Forest SD 90
River Forest
Cook
8.7%
1.4%
15.9%
Washington Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
8.8%
9.6%
8.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Oglesby Esd 125
Oglesby
La Salle
8.9%
16.8%
1.0%
Jefferson Elementary School
Ottawa Esd 141
Ottawa
La Salle
8.9%
11.2%
6.6%
Washington Middle School
Washington SD 52
Washington
Tazewell
9.2%
23.8%
5.4%
Westchester Middle School
Westchester SD 92-5
Westchester
Cook
9.4%
7.2%
11.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Elmhurst SD 205
Elmhurst
Dupage
9.9%
11.0%
8.9%
Jefferson Elementary School
Elmhurst SD 205
Elmhurst
Dupage
10.1%
0.3%
19.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Pontiac CCSD 429
Pontiac
Livingston
10.2%
8.9%
11.6%
Scott Elementary School
Mascoutah Cud 19
Scott Air Force Base
Saint Clair
10.4%
20.1%
0.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
East Peoria SD 86
East Peoria
Tazewell
10.6%
12.7%
8.5%
Horace Mann Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
10.9%
2.9%
18.9%
Washington Middle School
Lyons SD 103
Lyons
Cook
11.0%
10.9%
11.1%
Costello School
Lyons SD 103
Lyons
Cook
11.1%
15.2%
7.0%
J. W. Riley Intermediate School
Berkeley SD 87
Northlake
Cook
11.1%
4.3%
17.9%
Spring Ave Elementary School
La Grange SD 105 South
La Grange
Cook
11.2%
12.7%
9.6%
Ogden Ave Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange
Cook
11.4%
16.2%
6.7%
Roosevelt Elementary School
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
Moline
Rock Island
11.7%
7.9%
15.5%
Scott Elementary School
Mannheim SD 83
Melrose Park
Cook
11.8%
7.2%
16.5%
Irving Elementary School
Bloomington SD 87
Bloomington
McLean
11.8%
11.7%
11.9%
Central Elementary School
CCSD 62
Des Plaines
Cook
12.1%
15.6%
8.5%
Lincoln Middle School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
12.2%
10.0%
14.4%
Emerson Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
13.1%
14.0%
12.1%
Roosevelt School
River Forest SD 90
River Forest
Cook
13.2%
4.9%
21.6%
Hillside Elementary School
Hillside SD 93
Hillside
Cook
13.2%
8.8%
17.5%
Washington Elementary School
Bloomington SD 87
Bloomington
McLean
13.6%
10.9%
16.2%
Liberty Elementary School
Orland SD 135
Orland Park
Cook
13.8%
15.6%
11.9%
Central Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
13.9%
14.8%
13.0%
S. E. Gross Middle School
Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95
Brookfield
Cook
13.9%
10.9%
16.9%
Willard Elementary School
River Forest SD 90
River Forest
Cook
14.0%
10.3%
17.7%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dixon USD 170
Dixon
Lee
14.0%
17.5%
10.5%
Countryside Elementary School
Barrington CUSD 220
Barrington
Lake
14.2%
17.1%
11.4%
Washington Elementary School
Oglesby Esd 125
Oglesby
La Salle
14.2%
11.6%
16.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Mendota CCSD 289
Mendota
La Salle
14.2%
15.5%
12.9%
Washington Elementary School
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Whiteside
14.4%
16.8%
12.1%
Roy Elementary School
Mannheim SD 83
Northlake
Cook
14.5%
15.5%
13.5%
Whittier Elementary School
Downers Grove Gsd 58
Downers Grove
Dupage
14.7%
6.5%
22.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Belvidere CUSD 100
Belvidere
Boone
15.1%
11.3%
18.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Princeton Esd 115
Princeton
Bureau
15.4%
20.6%
10.3%
Dan H. Pietrini Elementary School
Franklin Park SD 84
Franklin Park
Cook
15.7%
12.4%
19.0%
Washington Elementary School
East Maine SD 63
Glenview
Cook
15.8%
16.7%
14.9%
Lincoln Middle School
Mount Prospect SD 57
Mt Prospect
Cook
15.8%
18.8%
12.8%
John Mills Elementary School
Elmwood Park CUSD 401
Elmwood Park
Cook
15.9%
14.9%
16.9%
River Grove Elementary School
River Grove SD 85-5
River Grove
Cook
16.0%
17.0%
15.0%
Lincoln Middle School
Park Ridge CCSD 64
Park Ridge
Cook
16.1%
15.6%
16.6%
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
16.3%
13.6%
19.0%
Westdale Elementary School
Mannheim SD 83
Northlake
Cook
16.4%
18.7%
14.0%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs SD 101
Western Springs
Cook
16.4%
26.9%
5.9%
Irving Elementary School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
16.4%
20.4%
12.3%
Field Stevenson Elementary School
Forest Park SD 91
Forest Park
Cook
16.6%
25.1%
8.1%
Oliver W. Holmes Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
16.9%
22.0%
11.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
16.9%
11.7%
22.1%
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
16.9%
6.1%
27.6%
Hester Junior High School
Franklin Park SD 84
Franklin Park
Cook
16.9%
14.7%
19.2%
Whittier Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
17.2%
12.8%
21.7%
Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park SD 91
Forest Park
Cook
17.2%
14.8%
19.7%
Lincoln Middle School
Schiller Park SD 81
Schiller Park
Cook
17.9%
20.4%
15.5%
Edison Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Stickney
Cook
17.9%
22.9%
12.8%
L. J. Hauser Junior High School
Riverside SD 96
Riverside
Cook
18.0%
15.3%
20.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
18.6%
22.6%
14.6%
Ideal Elementary School
La Grange SD 105 South
Countryside
Cook
18.6%
16.6%
20.5%
McKinley Elementary School
SD U-46
Elgin
Kane
18.9%
19.9%
18.0%
Freedom Middle School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
19.1%
22.3%
16.0%
Liberty Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Bolingbrook
Will
19.2%
16.9%
21.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Brookfield
Cook
19.4%
21.1%
17.8%
Irving Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
19.5%
14.8%
24.2%
Scott Elementary School
Naperville CUSD 203
Naperville
Dupage
19.8%
16.7%
22.9%
Emerson Elementary School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
19.9%
12.8%
26.9%
Komarek Elementary School
Komarek SD 94
North Riverside
Cook
20.0%
13.6%
26.4%
Liberty Elementary School
CUSD 300
Carpentersville
Kane
20.4%
19.4%
21.3%
Jefferson Elementary School
Harvard CUSD 50
Harvard
McHenry
20.4%
22.2%
18.6%
North Elementary School
Alton CUSD 11
Godfrey
Madison
20.5%
21.0%
20.0%
Piper School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
20.6%
23.4%
17.7%
Brook Park Elementary School
Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95
La Grange Park
Cook
20.7%
21.7%
19.7%
Forest Road Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange Park
Cook
21.4%
20.7%
22.0%
Congress Park Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
Brookfield
Cook
21.5%
24.9%
18.1%
Elm Middle School
Elmwood Park CUSD 401
Elmwood Park
Cook
21.7%
24.8%
18.6%
Central Elementary School
Rochelle CCSD 231
Rochelle
Ogle
21.9%
27.9%
15.9%
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Schiller Park SD 81
Schiller Park
Cook
21.9%
19.9%
24.0%
Washington Middle School
Aurora West USD 129
Aurora
Kane
22.1%
26.0%
18.1%
Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood Park CUSD 401
Elmwood Park
Cook
22.4%
21.4%
23.3%
Emerson Elementary School
Elmhurst SD 205
Elmhurst
Dupage
22.4%
18.0%
26.8%
Percy Julian Middle School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
22.6%
20.6%
24.5%
Washington Elementary School
SD U-46
Elgin
Kane
22.9%
17.8%
27.9%
Jefferson Elementary School
Berwyn North SD 98
Berwyn
Cook
23.0%
26.3%
19.7%
Komensky Elementary School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
23.5%
24.5%
22.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
SD U-46
Hoffman Estates
Kane
23.7%
20.8%
26.6%
Central Elementary School
Riverside SD 96
Riverside
Cook
24.1%
18.2%
30.0%
A. F. Ames Elementary School
Riverside SD 96
Riverside
Cook
24.4%
26.7%
22.0%
Jefferson Elementary School
Dekalb CUSD 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
24.7%
27.8%
21.6%
Lace Elementary School
Darien SD 61
Darien
Dupage
25.1%
24.8%
25.4%
Park Junior High School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange Park
Cook
25.1%
19.8%
30.4%
Passow Elementary School
Franklin Park SD 84
Franklin Park
Cook
25.1%
19.2%
31.1%
Rhodes Elementary School
Rhodes SD 84-5
River Grove
Cook
25.1%
32.0%
18.3%
Sunnyside Intermediate School
Berkeley SD 87
Berkeley
Cook
25.9%
32.3%
19.6%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Palatine CCSD 15
Palatine
Cook
26.3%
24.9%
27.7%
Heritage Middle School
Berwyn South SD 100
Berwyn
Cook
26.4%
30.1%
22.8%
Hodgkins Elementary School
La Grange SD 105 South
Hodgkins
Cook
26.6%
18.6%
34.6%
North Elementary School
Crystal Lake CCSD 47
Crystal Lake
McHenry
27.0%
24.4%
29.6%
Cossitt Ave Elementary School
La Grange SD 102
La Grange
Cook
28.6%
28.8%
28.4%
Hollywood Elementary School
Riverside SD 96
Brookfield
Cook
30.8%
20.0%
41.5%
Longfellow Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
31.4%
35.4%
27.4%
Elmwood Elementary School
Naperville CUSD 203
Naperville
Dupage
31.4%
29.8%
33.1%
Seventh Ave Elementary School
La Grange SD 105 South
La Grange
Cook
31.9%
32.7%
31.2%
North Elementary School
SD 45 Dupage County
Villa Park
Dupage
33.3%
27.2%
39.4%
Macarthur Middle School
Prospect Heights SD 23
Prospect Heights
Cook
35.0%
31.4%
38.7%
John Laidlaw Elementary School
Western Springs SD 101
Western Springs
Cook
36.0%
26.6%
45.4%
North Elementary School
CCSD 62
Des Plaines
Cook
36.4%
32.2%
40.5%
Washington Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
36.8%
37.9%
35.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Palatine CCSD 15
Palatine
Cook
38.0%
33.7%
42.4%
Wm F. Gurrie Middle School
La Grange SD 105 South
La Grange
Cook
39.1%
42.3%
35.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
North Shore SD 112
Highland Park
Lake
40.1%
33.6%
46.7%
William Beye Elementary School
Oak Park Esd 97
Oak Park
Cook
40.4%
32.9%
47.8%
Washington Elementary School
Champaign CUSD 4
Champaign
Champaign
41.8%
36.5%
47.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
43.4%
37.0%
49.7%
Blythe Park Elementary School
Riverside SD 96
Riverside
Cook
47.4%
46.5%
48.3%
Washington Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
48.4%
45.8%
51.0%

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