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Hester Jr High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2836 Gustav St

Franklin Park IL, 60131, Cook County

Phone: 847-455-2150

Ranking:

(1,833 out of 3,028, bottom 39%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Franklin Park School District 84

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	33		40		33		31		32		32		28
Total Students:	423		440		436		445		424		422		422
Grade 6:	139	32.9%	141	32.0%	145	33.3%	145	32.6%	147	34.7%	135	32.0%	139	32.9%
Grade 7:	133	31.4%	148	33.6%	144	33.0%	154	34.6%	129	30.4%	140	33.2%	136	32.2%
Grade 8:	151	35.7%	151	34.3%	147	33.7%	140	31.5%	145	34.2%	147	34.8%	147	34.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	215	50.8%	236	53.6%	215	49.3%	223	50.1%	198	46.7%	197	46.7%	197	46.7%
Female:	208	49.2%	204	46.4%	221	50.7%	222	49.9%	204	48.1%	206	48.8%	213	50.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.5%	6	1.4%	9	2.1%	7	1.6%	8	1.9%	6	1.4%	11	2.6%
Hispanic:	267	63.1%	274	62.3%	265	60.8%	266	59.8%	228	53.8%	236	55.9%	225	53.3%
Black:	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	5	1.2%	2	0.5%
White:	136	32.2%	146	33.2%	148	33.9%	158	35.5%	171	40.3%	164	38.9%	176	41.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	1.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.7%	10	2.3%	12	2.8%	12	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	248	58.6%	178	40.5%	84	19.3%	136	30.6%	124	29.2%	86	20.4%	89	21.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	6.9%	67	15.2%	98	22.5%	58	13.0%	45	10.6%	40	9.5%	36	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.82		11.09		13.21		14.35		13.25		13.20		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.0%	77.0%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.0%	82.0%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	84.2%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	89.6%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.0%	63.0%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.8%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.6%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.7%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.1%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.0%	72.0%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.9%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	88.9%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.0%	66.0%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.0%	65.0%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.1%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.5%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80.6%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.0%	52.0%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.0%	77.0%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.8%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.6%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82.2%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.2%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.5%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.0%	82.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	51.4%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.0%	68.0%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	85.1%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86.1%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.0%	85.0%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.7%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	60.3%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.0%	57.0%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	61.7%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.0%	88.0%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.0%	61.0%	59.8%

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* Hester Jr High School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.