Rockford Sun

Results are in and 75.2% of Winnebago County students failed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of students who failed their ELA assessment in Winnebago County rose by 15.5% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Pulaski County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 92.7% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Piatt County had the highest success rate across the state, with 49.4% of its students passing the ELA portion of the IAR.

The IAR measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing in meeting the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards set by the state.

Based on their reading scores on the NAEP, public school students from Illinois managed to stay relatively on par with the national level, according to the National Center for Education and Statistics.

Assessment participation rates in 2023 are at or above the 95% testing threshold, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Kennedy Middle School	99.5%	390
Ellis Elementary School	99.4%	179
Washington Elementary School	97.5%	244
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	97.5%	160
Constance Lane Elementary School	96.6%	263
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	96.2%	133
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	95.3%	997
McIntosh Elementary School	95.1%	143
Marquette Elementary School	94.4%	89
Conklin Elementary School	94.2%	172
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	93.4%	602
Riverdahl Elementary School	93.3%	239
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	90.2%	810
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	90.1%	464
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	90%	210
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	90%	211
Maple Elementary School	89.7%	165
Riverview Elementary School	89.3%	112
West Middle School	88.6%	845
Windsor Elementary School	88.2%	195
Whitehead Elementary School	88.2%	306
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	87.8%	115
Rolling Green Elementary School	87.7%	219
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	86.5%	193
Jackson Charter School	85%	107
Loves Park Elementary School	83.7%	190
West View Elementary School	83.1%	207
Gregory Elementary School	82.9%	217
Eisenhower Middle School	81.8%	898
Swan Hillman Elementary School	80.8%	292
South Beloit Junior High School	79.5%	156
Rock Cut Elementary School	79.1%	273
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	79%	195
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	77.6%	161
Harlem Middle School	77.5%	928
Haskell Elementary School	76.4%	110
Cherry Valley Elementary School	76.2%	315
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	76%	175
Ralston Elementary School	75.2%	202
Machesney Elementary School	75.1%	362
Spring Creek Elementary School	74.5%	235
Durand Junior High School	73.2%	82
Montessori Elementary School	72.9%	328
Jean McNair Elementary School	67%	270
Brookview Elementary School	64.3%	235
Black Hawk Elementary School	64.2%	123
Pecatonica Elementary School	59%	100
Olson Park Elementary School	58.9%	241
Pecatonica Community Middle School	57.7%	279
Whitman Post Elementary School	57%	519
Winnebago Middle School	54.1%	294
Stone Creek School	49.2%	197
Kinnikinnick School	48.2%	380
Shirland Community Consolidated School	47.8%	67
Durand Elementary School	46.8%	124
Roscoe Middle School	41.2%	563
Stephen Mack Middle School	39.2%	477
Prairie Hill Elementary School	39%	159
Willowbrook Middle School	30.3%	304
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	18.4%	185
Thurgood Marshall School	17.6%	459