Winnebago County students and their English performance in 2021-22 school year

By Rockford Sun

Mar 7, 2024

Test results show 24.2% of Winnebago County students passed the English 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 Winnebago County students who succeeded rose by 18.6% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 52.1% of its students passing the English portion of the IAR. Schools in Pulaski County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 92.7% of students failing to meet test requirements.

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

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.

Winnebago County Student's Proficiency in English Over 3 Years

Winnebago County Schools Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Compared to Previous Years

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Prairie Hill Elementary School	54.1%	6.9%	446
Stephen Mack Middle School	50.5%	10.3%	485
Thurgood Marshall School	49.7%	32.7%	471
Willowbrook Middle School	49.3%	20.4%	303
Durand Elementary School	48.4%	4.8%	257
Stone Creek School	46.2%	4.6%	375
Kinnikinnick School	44.2%	7.6%	380
Roscoe Middle School	42.3%	16.5%	571
Shirland Community Consolidated School	41.8%	10.4%	100
Whitman Post Elementary School	40.3%	2.7%	530
Pecatonica Elementary School	38%	3%	321
Olson Park Elementary School	37.8%	3.3%	339
Pecatonica Community Middle School	35.5%	6.8%	283
Winnebago Middle School	35.4%	10.5%	295
Black Hawk Elementary School	34.1%	1.6%	121
Brookview Elementary School	31.5%	4.3%	490
Jean McNair Elementary School	31.5%	1.5%	276
Durand Junior High School	25.6%	1.2%	85
Montessori Elementary School	25%	2.1%	601
Spring Creek Elementary School	23.8%	1.7%	493
Ralston Elementary School	23.8%	1%	285
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	23.4%	0.6%	384
Machesney Elementary School	23.2%	1.7%	364
Haskell Elementary School	22.7%	0.9%	252
Cherry Valley Elementary School	22.5%	1.3%	630
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	21.7%	0.6%	361
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	20.5%	0.5%	403
Rock Cut Elementary School	20.5%	0.4%	413
Swan Hillman Elementary School	18.8%	0.3%	587
South Beloit Junior High School	18.6%	1.9%	165
Harlem Middle School	18.2%	4.3%	965
Gregory Elementary School	17.1%	0%	459
West View Elementary School	15.9%	1%	444
Eisenhower Middle School	15.8%	2.3%	936
Loves Park Elementary School	14.7%	1.6%	329
Jackson Charter School	14%	0.9%	215
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	12.4%	1%	374
Rolling Green Elementary School	12.3%	0%	531
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	12.2%	0%	209
Windsor Elementary School	11.8%	0%	340
Whitehead Elementary School	11.4%	0.3%	613
Maple Elementary School	10.3%	0%	371
West Middle School	10.2%	1.2%	942
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	10%	0%	439
Riverview Elementary School	9.8%	0.9%	186
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	9.4%	0.4%	850
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	9.1%	0.9%	686
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	9%	1%	359
Riverdahl Elementary School	6.7%	0%	555
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	6.6%	0%	674
Marquette Elementary School	5.6%	0%	264
Conklin Elementary School	5.2%	0.6%	391
McIntosh Elementary School	4.9%	0%	341
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	4.6%	0.1%	1,097
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	3.8%	0%	341
Constance Lane Elementary School	3.4%	0%	557
Washington Elementary School	2.5%	0%	493
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	2.5%	0%	331
Ellis Elementary School	0.6%	0%	373
Kennedy Middle School	0.5%	0%	457