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Statewide test results: 87 percent of Bernard W. Flinn failed English language arts

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About 13 percent of Bernard W. Flinn Middle School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 87 percent of students failed, according to a Rockford Sun 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 Bernard W. Flinn Middle School English language scores, about 12 percent met expectations and 0.5 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 29 percent approached expectations, while 30 percent partially met expectations and 29 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 Bernard W. Flinn Middle School, which enrolled 963 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.

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

Bernard W. Flinn Middle School's English language arts scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
12.6%
87.4%
2016
17.3%
82.7%
2015
23%
77.0%

How Boone and Winnebago County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
75.1%
24.9%
Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe
Winnebago
66%
34.0%
Durand Junior High School
Durand
Winnebago
50.6%
49.4%
Winnebago Middle School
Winnebago
Winnebago
40%
60.0%
Belvidere Central Middle School
Belvidere
Boone
30.9%
69.1%
North Boone Middle School
Poplar Grove
Boone
25.2%
74.8%
South Beloit Junior High School
South Beloit
Winnebago
25%
75.0%
Harlem Middle School
Loves Park
Winnebago
23.6%
76.4%
Eisenhower Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
23%
77.0%
Belvidere South Middle School
Belvidere
Boone
20.1%
79.9%
Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy
Rockford
Winnebago
16.1%
83.9%
West Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
15.1%
84.9%
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
12.6%
87.4%
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
9.9%
90.1%
Kennedy Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
6.4%
93.6%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
86.2%
13.8%
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
85.6%
14.4%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
83.6%
16.4%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
82.1%
17.9%
Deer Path Middle School West
Lake Forest
Lake
80.2%
19.8%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
80%
20.0%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
79.5%
20.5%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
78.6%
21.4%
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Big Rock
Dekalb
78.6%
21.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.5%
23.5%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
76.2%
23.8%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
75.9%
24.1%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
75.7%
24.3%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
75.7%
24.3%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
75.3%
24.7%
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
75.1%
24.9%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
73.5%
26.5%
Edison Middle School
Wheaton
Dupage
72.9%
27.1%
Mossville Junior High
Mossville
Peoria
71.9%
28.1%

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