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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Statewide test results: 53 percent of Benjamin students failed math

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About 47 percent of Benjamin Middle School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 53 percent of students failed, according to a DuPage Policy Journal 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 Benjamin Middle School math scores, about 43 percent met expectations and 3 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 30 percent approached expectations, while 15 percent partially met expectations and 8 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 Benjamin Middle School, which enrolled 269 students in 2017, 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.

Benjamin Middle School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
46.8%
53.2%
2016
49.6%
50.4%
2015
43.2%
56.8%

How DuPage County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Washington Junior High School
Naperville
Dupage
56.8%
43.2%
Gower Middle School
Burr Ridge
Dupage
55.5%
44.5%
Cass Junior High School
Darien
Dupage
53.7%
46.3%
Benjamin Middle School
West Chicago
Dupage
46.8%
53.2%
John E. Albright Middle School
Villa Park
Dupage
30.5%
69.5%
Burr Ridge Middle School
Burr Ridge
Dupage
15.4%
84.6%
Brown W. Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
6.6%
93.4%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
95.5%
4.5%
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
94.8%
5.2%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
92.8%
7.2%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
92.6%
7.4%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
91.8%
8.2%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
83.4%
16.6%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
79.5%
20.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
78.9%
21.1%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
78.6%
21.4%
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
77%
23.0%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
74.6%
25.4%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
72.2%
27.8%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
71.4%
28.6%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
70.6%
29.4%
Solomon Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
70.6%
29.4%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
69.1%
30.9%
STEM Magnet Academy Elementary
Chicago
Cook
68.8%
31.2%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
68.3%
31.7%
Norwood Park Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
67.7%
32.3%
Alcott Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
67.6%
32.4%

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