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Statewide test results: 54 percent of Scales Mound Junior students failed math

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About 46 percent of Scales Mound Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 54 percent of students failed, according to a NW Illinois News 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 Scales Mound Junior High School math scores, about 44 percent met expectations and 2 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 34 percent approached expectations, while 14 percent partially met expectations and 7 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 Scales Mound Junior High School, which enrolled 60 students in 2018, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Scales Mound Junior High School's math scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
45.8%
54.2%
2017
37.7%
62.3%
2016
44%
56.0%
2015
40.9%
59.1%

How County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Scales Mound Junior High School
Scales Mound
Jo Daviess
45.8%
54.2%
Plt Middle School
Prophetstown
Whiteside
42.5%
57.5%
Lena-Winslow Junior High School
Lena
Stephenson
41.7%
58.3%
Byron Middle School
Byron
Ogle
39.7%
60.3%
Pearl City Junior High School
Pearl City
Stephenson
34.3%
65.7%
East Dubuque Junior High
East Dubuque
Jo Daviess
33.6%
66.4%
River Ridge Middle School
Hanover
Jo Daviess
33.1%
66.9%
Rock Falls Middle School
Rock Falls
Whiteside
32.8%
67.2%
River Bend Middle School
Fulton
Whiteside
32.6%
67.4%
David L. Rahn Junior High School
Mount Morris
Ogle
29.2%
70.8%
Meridian Junior High School
Stillman Valley
Ogle
29.1%
70.9%
Chadwick Junior High School
Chadwick
Carroll
26.1%
73.9%
Orangeville Junior High School
Orangeville
Stephenson
25.6%
74.4%
Rochelle Middle School
Rochelle
Ogle
24.8%
75.2%
Morrison Junior High School
Morrison
Whiteside
24.5%
75.5%
Reagan Middle School
Dixon
Lee
18.1%
81.9%
Challand Middle School
Sterling
Whiteside
16.3%
83.7%
Aplington Middle School
Polo
Ogle
14.6%
85.4%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
82.1%
17.9%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
79.9%
20.1%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
78.1%
21.9%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
77.7%
22.3%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
77.3%
22.7%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
76.7%
23.3%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
74.2%
25.8%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
73.2%
26.8%
Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
73.2%
26.8%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
72.9%
27.1%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
71.6%
28.4%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
71.4%
28.6%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
71.1%
28.9%
Aptakisic Junior High School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
70.6%
29.4%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
70%
30.0%
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School
Thomasboro
Champaign
69.6%
30.4%
Hinsdale Middle School
Hinsdale
Dupage
67%
33.0%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
66.1%
33.9%
Wilmette Junior High School
Wilmette
Cook
65%
35.0%
Plum Grove Junior High School
Rolling Meadows
Cook
64.8%
35.2%

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