Dirksen Junior High School
Recent News About Dirksen Junior High School
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Test Expectations: How many students met or exceeded English IAR expectations in Will County in 2021-22 school year?
Out of the 51,261 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 37.2% passed the English portion of the test.
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Will County students and their Mathematics performance in 2021-22 school year
Out of the 51,214 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 32.3% passed the Mathematics portion of the test.
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Did Will County students fail or pass their 2021-22 Mathematics tests?
Out of the 44,835 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 71.3% failed the Mathematics portion of the test.
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Will County: How many students failed the ELA test in 2021-22 school year?
Out of the 44,887 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 65.4% failed the ELA portion of the test.
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2021-22 school year saw 102,158 students enrolled in Will County
Enrollment numbers in Will County schools fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Will County Education: Which school had most students enrolled in 2021-22 school year
In the 2021-22 school year, Lockport Township High School East had the biggest enrollment among Will County schools.
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Will County: White students were most represented ethnicity in 2021-22 school year
In Will County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised 3.3% of Will County’s student body in 2021-22 school year
In the 2021-22 school year, 3.3% of students enrolled in Will County school districts identified as Asian.
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Schools across Will County had 31st highest truancy rate during 2021-2022 school year
Schools among Will County had the 31st highest truancy rate of 14.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
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Dirksen Junior High School reports 12% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Dirksen Junior High School fell to 12 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Dirksen Junior High School reports 21% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Dirksen Junior High School rose to 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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76.5 percent of Dirksen Junior teachers stay put; average earns $59,187 per year
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 76.5 percent of teachers stay at Dirksen Junior High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
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Dirksen Junior High School scores 22.5% ELA proficiency, 12.7% on math in 2018
Of the 707 students attending Dirksen Junior High School in 2018, 22.5 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 12.7 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
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Statewide test results: white students score 7.7 points higher at Dirksen Junior High School
At Dirksen Junior High School, a 7.7-point achievement gap persisted between white and black students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: black students score 9.3 points lower at Dirksen Junior High School
At Dirksen Junior High School, a 9.3-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: white students score 1.6 points lower at Dirksen Junior High School
At Dirksen Junior High School, a 1.6-point achievement gap persisted between white and hispanic students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: male students score 10.2 points lower at Dirksen Junior High School
At Dirksen Junior High School, a 10.2-point achievement gap persisted between male and female students in 2018.
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88.1 percent of Dirksen Junior teachers stay put; average earns $56,012.83 per year
More than 88.1 percent of teachers stay at Dirksen Junior High School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Dirksen Junior High School reports 19% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Dirksen Junior High School rose to 19 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Statewide test results: 87 percent of Dirksen Junior students failed math
About 13 percent of Dirksen Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 87 percent of students failed.