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Analysis: 59 percent of Riverdale students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 41 percent of Riverdale Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Rock Island Today 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 Riverdale Middle School show about 35 percent met expectations and 7 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 30 percent approached expectations, 20 percent partially met expectations and 9 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 Riverdale Middle School, which enrolled 278 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.

Riverdale Middle School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
41.2%
58.8%
2016
43.3%
56.7%
2015
45.8%
54.2%

How Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Whiteside County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Irving Elementary School
Cook
53.2%
46.8%
Riverdale Middle School
Port Byron
Rock Island
41.2%
58.8%
Sherrard Junior High School
Sherrard
Rock Island
40.2%
59.8%
Orion Middle School
Orion
Henry
37.5%
62.5%
Rockridge Junior High School
Taylor Ridge
Rock Island
31.7%
68.3%
Geneseo Middle School
Geneseo
Henry
30.5%
69.5%
Mercer County Junior High School
Joy
Mercer
25.9%
74.1%
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Moline
Rock Island
25.4%
74.6%
John Deere Middle School
Moline
Rock Island
16.4%
83.6%
Edison Junior High School
Rock Island
Rock Island
16.1%
83.9%
Central Junior High
Kewanee
Henry
13.7%
86.3%
Northeast Junior High School
East Moline
Rock Island
11.8%
88.2%
Washington Junior High School
Rock Island
Rock Island
10.4%
89.6%

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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