Statewide test results: black students score 2.6 points lower at Gower Middle School
At Gower Middle School, a 2.6-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2018.
At Gower Middle School, a 2.6-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2018.
At Gower Middle School, a 23.7-point achievement gap persisted between low-income and non-low-income students in 2018.
Of the 391 students attending Gower Middle School in 2018, 60.9 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 54.6 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 89.5 percent of teachers stay at Gower Middle School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
The truancy rate at Gower Middle School rose to six percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Gower Middle School fell to two percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Out of the 61,721 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 55% failed the ELA portion of the test.
Out of the 61,644 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 57.6% failed the Mathematics portion of the test.
Out of the 58,052 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 40.8% passed the Mathematics portion of the test.
Out of the 58,133 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 43.5% passed the English portion of the test.
In the 2021-22 school year, 50.4% of students enrolled in DuPage County County school districts identified as white.
In the 2021-22 school year, 6.1% of students enrolled in DuPage County County school districts identified as Black.
In the 2021-22 school year, 24.6% of students enrolled in DuPage County County school districts identified as Hispanic.
In the 2021-22 school year, less than 1% of students enrolled in DuPage County County school districts identified as Pacific Islander.
In DuPage County County schools, 5,564 multiracial students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.