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Statewide test results: 64 percent of Kingsley Junior students failed math

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About 36 percent of Kingsley Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 64 percent of students failed, according to a McLean County Times 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 Kingsley Junior High School math scores, about 32 percent met expectations and 4 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 31 percent approached expectations, while 19 percent partially met expectations and 14 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 Kingsley Junior High School, which enrolled 868 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.

Kingsley Junior High School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
35.8%
64.2%
2016
37.4%
62.6%
2015
32.4%
67.6%

How McLean County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Chiddix Junior High School
Normal
McLean
44%
56.0%
Prairie Central Junior High School
Forrest
Livingston
38.1%
61.9%
Pontiac Junior High School
Fairview Heights
St. Clair
35.8%
64.2%
Kingsley Junior High School
Normal
McLean
35.8%
64.2%
Parkside Junior High School
Normal
McLean
34.4%
65.6%
Leroy Junior High School
Le Roy
McLean
32.3%
67.7%
Evans Junior High School
Bloomington
McLean
30.9%
69.1%
Olympia Middle School
Stanford
McLean
27%
73.0%
Pontiac Junior High School
Pontiac
Livingston
19.5%
80.5%
Lexington Junior High School
Lexington
McLean
18.3%
81.7%
Bloomington Junior High School
Bloomington
McLean
17.3%
82.7%
Ridgeview Junior High School
Colfax
McLean
10.9%
89.1%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
78.5%
21.5%
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
77.8%
22.2%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
77.6%
22.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.5%
23.5%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
75.6%
24.4%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
74.3%
25.7%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
73.8%
26.2%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
73.8%
26.2%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
72%
28.0%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
71.6%
28.4%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
71.4%
28.6%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
70.3%
29.7%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
68.8%
31.2%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
66%
34.0%
Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
65.6%
34.4%
Hinsdale Middle School
Hinsdale
Dupage
65.5%
34.5%
Scullen Middle School
Naperville
Dupage
65.4%
34.6%
Wilmette Junior High School
Wilmette
Cook
64.1%
35.9%
Gordon Gregory Middle School
Naperville
Dupage
64.1%
35.9%
Aptakisic Junior High School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
64%
36.0%

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