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Friday, April 19, 2024

Statewide test results: 45 percent of Benjamin students failed math

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About 55 percent of Benjamin Middle School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 45 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 49 percent met expectations and 6 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 27 percent approached expectations, while 14 percent partially met expectations and 4 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 272 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.

Benjamin Middle School's math scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
54.9%
45.1%
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
61.7%
38.3%
Benjamin Middle School
West Chicago
Dupage
54.9%
45.1%
Gower Middle School
Burr Ridge
Dupage
54.6%
45.4%
Cass Junior High School
Darien
Dupage
52.3%
47.7%
John E. Albright Middle School
Villa Park
Dupage
31.4%
68.6%
Burr Ridge Middle School
Burr Ridge
Dupage
15.1%
84.9%
Brown W. Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
5%
95.0%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
97.8%
2.2%
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
93.7%
6.3%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
89.4%
10.6%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
87.2%
12.8%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
87.1%
12.9%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
84.9%
15.1%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
82.9%
17.1%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
78.6%
21.4%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
77.9%
22.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
75.2%
24.8%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
74.4%
25.6%
Bannockburn School
Bannockburn
Lake
74.3%
25.7%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
72.5%
27.5%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
71.2%
28.8%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
68.8%
31.2%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
68.3%
31.7%
Lincoln Prairie School
Hoffman Estates
Cook
67.8%
32.2%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
67.4%
32.6%
Haines Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
66.8%
33.2%
Central School
Glencoe
Cook
65.7%
34.3%

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