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Analysis: 89 percent of Rockford Envrnmntl Science students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 11 percent of Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Rockford Sun 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 Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy show about 10 percent met expectations and 0.3 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 23 percent approached expectations, 34 percent partially met expectations and 33 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 Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy, which enrolled 960 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.

Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
10.5%
89.5%
2016
12.1%
87.9%
2015
16.5%
83.5%

How Boone and Winnebago County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
64.9%
35.1%
Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe
Winnebago
56.4%
43.6%
Durand Junior High School
Durand
Winnebago
39%
61.0%
Winnebago Middle School
Winnebago
Winnebago
35.5%
64.5%
Belvidere Central Middle School
Belvidere
Boone
28.1%
71.9%
Harlem Middle School
Loves Park
Winnebago
23.9%
76.1%
South Beloit Junior High School
South Beloit
Winnebago
22.7%
77.3%
North Boone Middle School
Poplar Grove
Boone
20.4%
79.6%
Eisenhower Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
18.3%
81.7%
Belvidere South Middle School
Belvidere
Boone
18.2%
81.8%
West Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
10.5%
89.5%
Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy
Rockford
Winnebago
10.5%
89.5%
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
10.2%
89.8%
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
7.6%
92.4%
Kennedy Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
4.6%
95.4%

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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