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Analysis: 78 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 22 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Sangamon 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 Auburn Junior High At Divernon show about 21 percent met expectations and 1 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 29 percent approached expectations, 29 percent partially met expectations and 20 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 Auburn Junior High At Divernon, which enrolled 304 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.

Auburn Junior High At Divernon's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
21.7%
78.3%
2016
24.9%
75.1%
2015
29.8%
70.2%

How Sangamon County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lincoln Magnet School
Springfield
Sangamon
53.6%
46.4%
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
37.1%
62.9%
New Berlin Junior High School
New Berlin
Sangamon
36.7%
63.3%
Glenwood Middle School
Chatham
Sangamon
35.9%
64.1%
Williamsville Junior High School
Williamsville
Sangamon
30.8%
69.2%
Rochester Junior High School
Rochester
Sangamon
30.7%
69.3%
Athens Junior High School
Athens
Menard
30.1%
69.9%
Sangamon Valley Middle School
Illiopolis
Macon
27.2%
72.8%
Auburn Junior High At Divernon
Divernon
Sangamon
21.7%
78.3%
Tri-City Junior High School
Buffalo
Sangamon
15.7%
84.3%
U. S. Grant Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
11.4%
88.6%
Jefferson Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
7.6%
92.4%
Washington Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
6.9%
93.1%

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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