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Analysis: 27 percent of Lake Bluff students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 73 percent of Lake Bluff Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Lake 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 Lake Bluff Middle School show about 51 percent met expectations and 22 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 19 percent approached expectations, 5 percent partially met expectations and 3 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 Lake Bluff Middle School, which enrolled 330 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.

Lake Bluff Middle School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
73%
27.0%
2016
66.2%
33.8%
2015
73.6%
26.4%

How Lake County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
81.7%
18.3%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.6%
23.4%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
75.3%
24.7%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
73.7%
26.3%
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%
Aptakisic Junior High School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
65.6%
34.4%
Highland Middle School
Libertyville
Lake
61.7%
38.3%
Barrington MiddleSch-Prairie Campus
Barrington
Lake
58.2%
41.8%
Edgewood Middle School
Highland Park
Lake
57%
43.0%
Elm Place School
Highland Park
Lake
55.5%
44.5%
Northbrook Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
55.5%
44.5%
Millburn Middle School
Lindenhurst
Lake
55.3%
44.7%
Hawthorn Middle School North
Vernon Hills
Lake
55%
45.0%
Barrington Middle School Station
Barrington
Lake
53.8%
46.2%
Hawthorn Middle School South
Vernon Hills
Lake
53.7%
46.3%
Fremont Junior High/Middle School
Mundelein
Lake
53.6%
46.4%
Lake Zurich Middle-S Campus
Lake Zurich
Lake
49.3%
50.7%
Attea Middle School
Glenview
Cook
49.1%
50.9%
Lake Zurich Middle - N. Campus
Hawthorn Woods
Lake
45.5%
54.5%
Grayslake Middle School
Grayslake
Lake
45.2%
54.8%
Matthews Middle School
Island Lake
Lake
44.6%
55.4%
Woodland Middle School
Gurnee
Lake
42%
58.0%
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Mundelein
Lake
38.7%
61.3%
Peter J. Palombi School
Lake Villa
Lake
33.4%
66.6%
Northwood Junior High School
Highland Park
Lake
33%
67.0%
Wauconda Middle School
Wauconda
Lake
33%
67.0%
Antioch Upper Grade School
Antioch
Lake
31.4%
68.6%
Stevenson Elementary School
Cook
29.3%
70.7%
Viking School
Gurnee
Lake
20.8%
79.2%
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Waukegan
Lake
16.3%
83.7%
Jack Benny Middle School
Waukegan
Lake
16.1%
83.9%
Daniel Webster Middle School
Waukegan
Lake
15.7%
84.3%
Round Lake Middle School
Round Lake Heights
Lake
15.7%
84.3%
Zion Central Middle School
Zion
Lake
15.5%
84.5%
Beach Park Middle School
Beach Park
Lake
12.9%
87.1%
Magee Middle School
Round Lake
Lake
12.8%
87.2%
Robert E. Abbott Middle School
Waukegan
Lake
10.5%
89.5%
Miguel Juarez Middle School
Waukegan
Lake
8%
92.0%
Neal Math Science Academy
North Chicago
Lake
7.4%
92.6%

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%

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