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Analysis: 78 percent of Aplington students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 22 percent of Aplington Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a NW Illinois 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 Aplington Middle School show about 20 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 41 percent approached expectations, 26 percent partially met expectations and 12 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 Aplington Middle School, which enrolled 123 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.

Aplington Middle School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
22.2%
77.8%
2016
33.4%
66.6%
2015
27.7%
72.3%

How County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lena-Winslow Junior High School
Lena
Stephenson
55.4%
44.6%
Byron Middle School
Byron
Ogle
52.2%
47.8%
Plt Middle School
Prophetstown
Whiteside
43.3%
56.7%
River Ridge Middle School
Hanover
Jodaviess
42.7%
57.3%
Scales Mound Junior High School
Scales Mound
Jodaviess
39.6%
60.4%
River Bend Middle School
Fulton
Whiteside
38.9%
61.1%
Rock Falls Middle School
Rock Falls
Whiteside
36.5%
63.5%
Pearl City Junior High School
Pearl City
Stephenson
36.2%
63.8%
Morrison Junior High School
Morrison
Whiteside
35.8%
64.2%
Chadwick Junior High School
Chadwick
Carroll
32.7%
67.3%
East Dubuque Junior High
East Dubuque
Jodaviess
31.5%
68.5%
Meridian Junior High School
Stillman Valley
Ogle
29.5%
70.5%
David L. Rahn Junior High School
Mount Morris
Ogle
28.9%
71.1%
Challand Middle School
Sterling
Whiteside
25.1%
74.9%
Rochelle Middle School
Rochelle
Ogle
25.1%
74.9%
Orangeville Junior High School
Orangeville
Stephenson
24.7%
75.3%
Reagan Middle School
Dixon
Lee
22.4%
77.6%
Aplington Middle School
Polo
Ogle
22.2%
77.8%

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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