Rockford Sun

Test results show 19% of Boone 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 Boone County students who succeeded rose by 62% 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.

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Poplar Grove Elementary School	39.7%	2.6%	247
Manchester Elementary School	35.5%	4.8%	147
Capron Elementary School	28.3%	0%	159
Seth Whitman Elementary School	26.4%	5.2%	640
Caledonia Elementary School	23.5%	2.2%	406
North Boone Upper Elementary School	23.2%	1.7%	239
Belvidere Central Middle School	19.1%	1.3%	911
Lincoln Elementary School	15.6%	0%	513
Meehan Elementary School	13.3%	0.3%	595
Belvidere South Middle School	13.2%	0.8%	780
North Boone Middle School	12.9%	1.3%	237
Perry Elementary School	12.5%	0%	240
Washington Academy	8.5%	0%	686