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Statewide test results: 88 percent of Bernard W. Flinn failed English language arts

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About 12 percent of Bernard W. Flinn Middle School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 88 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 11 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 27 percent approached expectations, while 30 percent partially met expectations and 32 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 848 students in 2018, fell below state averages.

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

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

Bernard W. Flinn Middle School's English language arts scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
11.9%
88.1%
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
73.8%
26.2%
Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe
Winnebago
71.9%
28.1%
Winnebago Middle School
Winnebago
Winnebago
44.1%
55.9%
Durand Junior High School
Durand
Winnebago
39.7%
60.3%
North Boone Middle School
Poplar Grove
Boone
31.1%
68.9%
Harlem Middle School
Loves Park
Winnebago
28.8%
71.2%
Belvidere Central Middle School
Belvidere
Boone
27.4%
72.6%
South Beloit Junior High School
South Beloit
Winnebago
26.6%
73.4%
Belvidere South Middle School
Belvidere
Boone
25.2%
74.8%
Eisenhower Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
19.4%
80.6%
West Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
14.1%
85.9%
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
11.9%
88.1%
Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy
Rockford
Winnebago
10.6%
89.4%
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
7.8%
92.2%
Kennedy Middle School
Rockford
Winnebago
2.6%
97.4%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
88.4%
11.6%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
86.6%
13.4%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
86%
14.0%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
84.6%
15.4%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
83.9%
16.1%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
83%
17.0%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
82.8%
17.2%
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School
Thomasboro
Champaign
82.6%
17.4%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
81.3%
18.7%
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Big Rock
Dekalb
80.5%
19.5%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
78.6%
21.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
78.4%
21.6%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
76.9%
23.1%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
76.6%
23.4%
Aptakisic Junior High School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
75.5%
24.5%
Mossville Junior High
Mossville
Peoria
74.1%
25.9%
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
73.8%
26.2%
Coal City Middle School
Coal City
Grundy
73.5%
26.5%
Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe
Winnebago
71.9%
28.1%

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