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THE PROFILE OF ENGLISH EXAMINATION RESULTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BULUNGAN Abstract This research aimed at describing the profile of English examination results of Junior High School students in Bulungan in academic year 2019/2020 and find out whether there was any significant difference in English National Examination result by considering gender, school status, school accreditation, and student’s achievement. This research employed a causal comparative design. All students who took the national examination in academic year 2019/2020 were taken as the samples with a total of 2,228 students from 43 schools.Based on the results of data analysis, it was found that, first, the students’ English examination results of Junior High School in Bulungan were in the “poor” category in terms of gender, school status, and school accreditation. However, the students’ achievements were classified as its each category which meant that those who were in very good, good, fair and poor category in National Examination Score got very good, good, fair and poor category in English examination respectively. Second, the differences in students’ English examination results of Junior High School in Bulungan by considering gender, school status, school accreditation, students’ achievement could be stated as follows: (1) female students had better performance than male students for their English National Examination; (2) there was no any significant difference in English National Examination between public school students and private students; (3) there were simultaneous significant differences in English National Examination based on school accreditation, where A accredited schools were superior among B accredited schools, C accredited schools, and unaccredited schools; however, there were no any significant differences between B accredited schools and C accredited schools, B accredited schools and unaccredited schools, and C accredited schools and unaccredited schools; and (4) there were simultaneous significant differences in English National Examination based on students’ achievement (categorized as very good, good, fair and poor), however, very good students were not better than those who got good for National Examination Score when taking the English National Examination.