Quantcast

Metro East Sun

Friday, March 29, 2024

Analysis: 80 percent of Alton students fail annual tests

Elm 03

Academic results data released recently reveals 20 percent of Alton Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Metro East 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 Alton Middle School show about 18 percent met expectations and 2 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 25 percent approached expectations, 29 percent partially met expectations and 27 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 Alton Middle School, which enrolled 1,399 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.

Alton Middle School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
19.5%
80.5%
2016
23.7%
76.3%
2015
23.9%
76.1%

How Jersey, Madison, Monroe and Saint Clair County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Madison Junior High School
Naperville
Dupage
59.9%
40.1%
Mascoutah Middle School
Mascoutah
St. Clair
52.6%
47.4%
Highland Middle School
Highland
Madison
48.1%
51.9%
Pontiac Junior High School
Fairview Heights
St. Clair
47.6%
52.4%
Lincoln Middle School
Edwardsville
Madison
46.7%
53.3%
Liberty Middle School
Edwardsville
Madison
46.4%
53.6%
Fulton Junior High School
O Fallon
St. Clair
44.9%
55.1%
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High
O Fallon
St. Clair
41.7%
58.3%
New Athens Junior High
New Athens
St. Clair
37.5%
62.5%
Central Junior High School
Belleville
St. Clair
37.1%
62.9%
Triad Middle School
St Jacob
Madison
36.6%
63.4%
Illini Middle School
Jerseyville
Jersey
36.2%
63.8%
Dupo Junior High School
Dupo
St. Clair
32.5%
67.5%
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School
Bethalto
Madison
32%
68.0%
West Junior High School
Belleville
St. Clair
30.4%
69.6%
East Alton Middle School
East Alton
Madison
25.4%
74.6%
Roxana Junior High School
Roxana
Madison
21.8%
78.2%
Pontiac Junior High School
Pontiac
Livingston
21.4%
78.6%
Collinsville Middle School
Collinsville
Madison
20.5%
79.5%
Emge Junior High School
Belleville
St. Clair
19.6%
80.4%
Alton Middle School
Alton
Madison
19.5%
80.5%
Lewis-Clark Junior High School
Wood River
Madison
16.8%
83.2%
Coolidge Junior High School
Granite City
Madison
12%
88.0%
Lovejoy Middle School
Lovejoy
St. Clair
5%
95.0%
Madison Junior High School
Madison
Madison
4.2%
95.8%
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School
Cahokia
St. Clair
3.3%
96.7%

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%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS