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Statewide test results: 89 percent of Northwest students failed math

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About 11 percent of Northwest Middle School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 89 percent of students failed, according to a Chicago City Wire 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 Northwest Middle School math scores, about 11 percent met expectations and 0.4 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 22 percent approached expectations, while 33 percent partially met expectations and 33 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 Northwest Middle School, which enrolled 490 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Northwest Middle School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
11.3%
88.7%
2016
11.2%
88.8%
2015
11.1%
88.9%

How County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Evergreen Academy Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
19.3%
80.7%
Hernandez Middle School
Chicago
Cook
18.9%
81.1%
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary
Chicago
Cook
17%
83.0%
Aspira Charter-Haugan Campus
Chicago
Cook
13.3%
86.7%
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodson
Chicago
Cook
12.8%
87.2%
Northwest Middle School
Chicago
Cook
11.3%
88.7%
Learn Chtr-Middle School
Chicago
Cook
10.4%
89.6%
Madero Middle School
Chicago
Cook
10.2%
89.8%

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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