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Analysis: 41 percent of Mahomet-Seymour Junior students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 59 percent of Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Chambana Sun 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 Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School show about 44 percent met expectations and 15 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 25 percent approached expectations, 12 percent partially met expectations and 4 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 Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, which enrolled 712 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.

Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
58.9%
41.1%
2016
60.1%
39.9%
2015
55%
45.0%

How Champaign County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School
Mahomet
Champaign
58.9%
41.1%
Monticello Middle School
Monticello
Piatt
53.2%
46.8%
Gcms Middle School
Gibson City
Ford
48.4%
51.6%
Paxton-buckley-Loda Junior High School
Paxton
Ford
45.6%
54.4%
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School
Thomasboro
Champaign
42.2%
57.8%
Bement Middle School
Bement
Piatt
33.3%
66.7%
Unity Junior High School
Tolono
Champaign
33.2%
66.8%
Edison Middle School
Champaign
Champaign
29.4%
70.6%
Salt Fork Junior High School
Sidell
Vermilion
27.2%
72.8%
Hoopeston Area Middle School
Hoopeston
Vermilion
26%
74.0%
Franklin Middle School
Champaign
Champaign
25.7%
74.3%
Oakwood Junior High School
Danville
Vermilion
25.3%
74.7%
Deland-Weldon Middle School
Weldon
Piatt
25%
75.0%
Jefferson Middle School
Champaign
Champaign
23.5%
76.5%
Mary Miller Junior High School
Georgetown
Vermilion
20.4%
79.6%
Urbana Middle School
Urbana
Champaign
20%
80.0%
North Ridge Middle School
Danville
Vermilion
15.9%
84.1%
J. W. Eater Junior High School
Rantoul
Champaign
10.8%
89.2%
Westville Junior High School
Westville
Vermilion
4%
96.0%

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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