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Statewide test results: 44 percent of Murphy Junior failed English language arts

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About 56 percent of Murphy Junior High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 44 percent of students failed, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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.

According to Murphy Junior High School English language scores, about 48 percent met expectations and 8 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category are considered to be most ready to move on to the next level and are most prepared for college or work.

Another 28 percent approached expectations, while 11 percent partially met expectations and 5 percent did not meet them. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Murphy Junior High School, which enrolled 751 students in 2018, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.

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

Murphy Junior High School's English language arts scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
56.1%
43.9%
2017
54.4%
45.6%
2016
57%
43.0%
2015
59.7%
40.3%

How Kendall County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Murphy Junior High School
Plainfield
Kendall
56.1%
43.9%
Yorkville Middle School
Yorkville
Kendall
50%
50.0%
Aux Sable Middle School
Joliet
Will
41.6%
58.4%
Traughber Junior High School
Oswego
Kendall
41%
59.0%
Thompson Junior High School
Oswego
Kendall
38.5%
61.5%
Plank Junior High
Oswego
Kendall
36.4%
63.6%
Plano Middle School
Plano
Kendall
20.5%
79.5%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
88.4%
11.6%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
86.6%
13.4%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
86%
14.0%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
84.6%
15.4%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
83.9%
16.1%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
83%
17.0%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
82.8%
17.2%
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School
Thomasboro
Champaign
82.6%
17.4%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
81.3%
18.7%
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Big Rock
Dekalb
80.5%
19.5%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
78.6%
21.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
78.4%
21.6%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
76.9%
23.1%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
76.6%
23.4%
Aptakisic Junior High School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
75.5%
24.5%
Mossville Junior High
Mossville
Peoria
74.1%
25.9%
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
73.8%
26.2%
Coal City Middle School
Coal City
Grundy
73.5%
26.5%
Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe
Winnebago
71.9%
28.1%

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