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Statewide test results: white students score 6.2 points lower at Mokena Junior High School

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At Mokena Junior High School, a 6.2-point achievement gap persisted between white and black students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 2.5-point decline in scores between white and black students. Of the 509 students enrolled in 2018, 86.2 percent were white – or 438 students.

The achievement gap measures how one group of students academically outperforms another. The Illinois State Board of Education collects data on the persistent gap between groups by race and ethnicity, income level and gender.

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. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

According to Mokena Junior High School composite scores for 2018, 39.4 percent of white students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 45.5 percent of black students passed.

Students who passed either met or exceeded expectations are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work. Students who failed either partially met, approached or did not meet expectations.

The achievement gap is smaller for English language arts scores and larger for math scores.

There is a 3.4-point gap between white and black students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 4 point improvement since 2017. In 2018, 42.1 percent of white students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 45.5 percent of black students passed.

There was a 8.9-point gap between white and black students' math scores in 2018: 36.6 percent of white students passed while 45.5 percent of black students passed.

Mokena Junior High School's white vs. black achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
25.6%
25.2%
25.9%
2016
15.7%
9.4%
21.9%
2017
3.6%
0.6%
7.8%
2018
6.2%
3.4%
8.9%

The achievement gap at Will County schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Grand Prairie Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Joliet
Will
0.1%
8.1%
7.9%
Irene King Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Romeoville
Will
1.4%
1.9%
0.8%
Central Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
1.9%
1.2%
2.6%
Farragut Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
1.9%
2.3%
1.5%
Forest Park Individual Education School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
2.1%
9.8%
5.6%
Summit Hill Junior High School
Summit Hill SD 161
Frankfort
Will
2.6%
5.3%
0.1%
Fairmont School
Fairmont SD 89
Lockport
Will
2.7%
5.6%
0.2%
Isaac Singleton Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
3.5%
2.1%
4.9%
Heritage Grove Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
4.7%
0.8%
8.6%
Columbia Central School
Steger SD 194
Steger
Cook
6.2%
6.3%
6.2%
Mokena Junior High School
Mokena SD 159
Mokena
Will
6.2%
3.4%
8.9%
Dirksen Junior High School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
7.7%
3.6%
11.8%
Steger Intermediate Center
Steger SD 194
Steger
Cook
7.7%
7.9%
7.5%
Central Elementary School
Central SD 104
O Fallon
Saint Clair
7.8%
5.1%
10.5%
Ridge Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
8.0%
3.5%
12.4%
Chaney-Monge School
Chaney-Monge SD 88
Crest Hill
Will
8.4%
11.3%
5.5%
Wesmere Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
8.9%
9.0%
8.9%
Lynne Thigpen Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
9.2%
6.0%
12.3%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort CCSD 157c
Frankfort
Will
9.3%
4.4%
14.2%
Lakewood Falls Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
9.5%
11.5%
7.5%
Lincoln Elementary
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
9.6%
6.8%
12.4%
Walker Intermediate School
Summit Hill SD 161
Tinley Park
Will
9.8%
11.0%
8.7%
Freedom Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
9.8%
6.5%
13.2%
Troy Craughwell School
Troy CCSD 30c
Joliet
Will
10.1%
0.6%
19.5%
Pershing Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
10.2%
13.9%
6.5%
Bernard J. Ward Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
10.4%
12.4%
8.5%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
11.1%
16.9%
5.3%
Troy Hofer Elementary School
Troy CCSD 30c
Shorewood
Will
11.2%
9.9%
12.4%
The Wheatlands Elementary School
CUSD 308
Aurora
Kendall
11.7%
5.9%
17.5%
Jamie McGee Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
11.9%
8.4%
15.4%
Troy Cronin Elementary School
Troy CCSD 30c
Shorewood
Will
12.4%
3.4%
21.5%
Taft Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
12.5%
9.3%
15.7%
Balmoral Elementary School
Crete Monee CUSD 201u
Crete
Will
12.6%
11.3%
13.9%
Eagle Pointe Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
13.1%
3.2%
22.9%
Crystal Lawns Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Joliet
Will
13.2%
6.2%
20.3%
Carl Sandburg Elementary
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
13.8%
1.2%
26.4%
Dr. Julian Rogus School
Summit Hill SD 161
Frankfort
Will
13.9%
11.4%
16.5%
Crete Elementary School
Crete Monee CUSD 201u
Crete
Will
14.1%
16.5%
11.7%
Wood View Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
14.2%
9.8%
18.7%
Wolfs Crossing Elementary School
CUSD 308
Aurora
Kendall
14.3%
8.6%
20.1%
A. Vito Martinez Middle School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Romeoville
Will
14.4%
11.6%
17.2%
Crete-Monee Middle School
Crete Monee CUSD 201u
University Park
Will
14.8%
12.9%
16.6%
Skoff Elementary
Valley View CUSD 365u
Romeoville
Will
15.6%
19.6%
11.5%
Indian Trail Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
16.0%
8.7%
23.3%
Meadow View Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
16.1%
13.7%
18.6%
Indian Trail Elementary School
Summit Hill SD 161
Frankfort
Will
16.1%
15.7%
16.4%
Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary
Valley View CUSD 365u
Romeoville
Will
16.2%
22.9%
9.5%
Laraway School
Laraway CCSD 70c
Joliet
Will
16.4%
11.9%
20.9%
Parkview Elementary School
CUSD 300
Carpentersville
Kane
16.5%
7.9%
25.1%
Gompers Junior High School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
16.7%
13.2%
20.2%
Creekside Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
17.0%
13.1%
20.9%
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
17.1%
18.9%
15.2%
Pioneer Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
17.4%
16.2%
18.5%
Oak View Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
18.1%
21.8%
14.5%
Walkers Grove Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
18.1%
8.6%
27.6%
John F. Kennedy Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
18.1%
13.3%
22.9%
M. J. Cunningham Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
18.1%
19.1%
17.1%
Indian Trail Elementary School
Downers Grove Gsd 58
Downers Grove
Dupage
18.4%
4.2%
32.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Pontiac CCSD 429
Pontiac
Livingston
18.6%
11.7%
25.5%
Richland Junior High
Richland Gsd 88a
Crest Hill
Will
18.6%
18.0%
19.1%
T. E. Culbertson Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
19.8%
20.8%
18.8%
Coretta Scott King Magnet School
Crete Monee CUSD 201u
University Park
Will
20.1%
24.0%
16.2%
Woodland Elementary School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
20.1%
3.5%
36.7%
Taft Grade School
Taft SD 90
Lockport
Will
20.2%
25.6%
14.9%
Richard Ira Jones Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
20.2%
15.9%
24.5%
Liberty Junior High School
Burbank SD 111
Burbank
Cook
20.4%
18.4%
22.5%
John R. Tibbott Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
20.6%
15.8%
25.5%
V. Blanche Graham Elementary
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
21.1%
8.2%
34.1%
Independence Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
21.1%
19.8%
22.5%
Drauden Point Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
21.7%
15.9%
27.5%
Timber Ridge Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
21.9%
22.4%
21.5%
John J. Lukancic Middle School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Romeoville
Will
21.9%
17.9%
25.9%
Arlene Welch Elementary School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
22.1%
18.1%
26.0%
Richland Elementary School
Richland Gsd 88a
Crest Hill
Will
22.3%
21.1%
23.5%
Aux Sable Middle School
Plainfield SD 202
Joliet
Will
22.3%
25.1%
19.5%
Peterson Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
22.5%
19.5%
25.5%
Liberty Elementary School
CUSD 300
Carpentersville
Kane
22.9%
28.1%
17.7%
Rockdale Elementary School
Rockdale SD 84
Rockdale
Will
23.5%
24.8%
22.2%
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
23.6%
18.3%
28.8%
Monee Elementary School
Crete Monee CUSD 201u
Monee
Will
23.9%
22.8%
25.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dekalb CUSD 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
24.6%
27.6%
21.6%
Scullen Middle School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
25.0%
20.3%
29.7%
Wayne Builta Elementary School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Bolingbrook
Dupage
25.3%
11.4%
39.2%
Lincoln Elementary School
Palatine CCSD 15
Palatine
Cook
25.5%
20.4%
30.6%
Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
25.8%
25.5%
26.0%
Troy Middle School
Troy CCSD 30c
Plainfield
Will
26.7%
20.5%
32.9%
Robert C. Hill Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Romeoville
Will
26.7%
23.5%
29.9%
Troy Heritage Trail School
Troy CCSD 30c
Joliet
Will
27.1%
22.7%
31.6%
Orenic Intermediate School
Troy CCSD 30c
Plainfield
Will
27.3%
25.9%
28.7%
Bednarcik Junior High School
CUSD 308
Aurora
Kendall
27.6%
23.0%
32.1%
River View Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
27.9%
25.7%
30.0%
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Will
27.9%
20.3%
35.5%
Woodland Elementary School
Edwardsville CUSD 7
Edwardsville
Madison
28.1%
24.1%
32.0%
Union Elementary School
Union SD 81
Joliet
Will
29.1%
40.9%
17.4%
Gordon Gregory Middle School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
30.4%
25.5%
35.4%
Homestead Elementary School
CUSD 308
Aurora
Kendall
30.5%
28.6%
32.4%
Hufford Junior High School
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
30.6%
26.4%
34.7%
Liberty Elementary School
Plainfield SD 202
Bolingbrook
Will
31.1%
25.2%
37.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
SD U-46
Hoffman Estates
Kane
31.1%
21.9%
40.3%
Jane Addams Middle School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
31.6%
24.8%
38.5%
Fry Elementary School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
32.0%
34.9%
29.1%
Clifford Crone Middle School
Indian Prairie CUSD 204
Naperville
Dupage
32.4%
27.3%
37.5%
Brooks Middle School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
32.5%
31.3%
33.6%
Hadley Middle School
Homer CCSD 33c
Homer Glen
Will
33.4%
30.5%
36.3%
Liberty Junior High School
New Lenox SD 122
New Lenox
Will
35.5%
34.8%
36.2%
Jonas E. Salk Elementary School
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Will
37.9%
34.2%
41.6%
Washington Junior High & Academy Prgm
Joliet PSD 86
Joliet
Will
44.5%
50.3%
38.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
54.2%
55.0%
53.4%
Kingsley Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
60.4%
58.6%
62.2%

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