Rockford Sun

Results are in and 81.4% of Winnebago County students failed the Mathematics 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 Mathematics assessment in Winnebago County rose by 18.1% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Monroe County had the highest success rate across the state, with 43.1% of its students passing the Mathematics 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	99.7%	378
Ellis Elementary School	99.4%	176
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	99.2%	133
McIntosh Elementary School	98.6%	143
West Middle School	98.3%	823
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	98.3%	590
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	98.2%	970
Constance Lane Elementary School	97.7%	263
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	96.7%	209
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	96.6%	208
Washington Elementary School	96.3%	245
Jackson Charter School	96.2%	106
Conklin Elementary School	95.9%	170
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	95.6%	160
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	95.5%	806
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	94.9%	176
Whitehead Elementary School	94.8%	306
Riverdahl Elementary School	94.5%	235
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	94.3%	192
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	93.7%	464
Gregory Elementary School	93.1%	217
West View Elementary School	92.2%	206
Swan Hillman Elementary School	92.1%	292
Eisenhower Middle School	91.6%	895
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	90.8%	195
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	90.4%	115
Riverview Elementary School	90.3%	113
Rolling Green Elementary School	89.5%	220
Windsor Elementary School	88.7%	195
South Beloit Junior High School	88.2%	161
Maple Elementary School	87.9%	165
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	85.7%	161
Haskell Elementary School	85.5%	110
Marquette Elementary School	85.2%	88
Rock Cut Elementary School	84.2%	273
Machesney Elementary School	83.3%	360
Harlem Middle School	83.3%	922
Black Hawk Elementary School	82.9%	123
Cherry Valley Elementary School	82.2%	315
Brookview Elementary School	82.1%	235
Durand Junior High School	81.7%	82
Loves Park Elementary School	79.6%	186
Montessori Elementary School	77.7%	328
Ralston Elementary School	77.2%	202
Spring Creek Elementary School	76.6%	235
Winnebago Middle School	71.6%	299
Jean McNair Elementary School	68.6%	271
Pecatonica Community Middle School	64.9%	279
Roscoe Middle School	64%	561
Pecatonica Elementary School	64%	100
Olson Park Elementary School	62.7%	241
Kinnikinnick School	61.7%	379
Stephen Mack Middle School	60.2%	477
Shirland Community Consolidated School	56.7%	67
Durand Elementary School	54.8%	124
Whitman Post Elementary School	50.8%	520
Willowbrook Middle School	50.5%	303
Stone Creek School	40.6%	197
Prairie Hill Elementary School	27.7%	159
Thurgood Marshall School	19.1%	456
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	9.7%	185