Will County Gazette

Academic results data released recently reveals 52 percent of Homer Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Will County Gazette 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 Homer Junior High School show about 43 percent met expectations and 10 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 28 percent approached expectations, 13 percent partially met expectations and 6 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 Homer Junior High School, which enrolled 862 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

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

Homer Junior High School's scores over 3 years

How Will County schools' scores compare

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%