Rockford Sun

Test results show 13.4% of Boone County students passed 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 Boone County students who succeeded rose by 89.3% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 44.1% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 95.8% 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	29.5%	11.5%	247
Manchester Elementary School	27.4%	3.2%	147
Capron Elementary School	24.5%	7.5%	159
Seth Whitman Elementary School	24.2%	2.7%	640
Caledonia Elementary School	15.6%	1.7%	406
Lincoln Elementary School	13.7%	0%	513
North Boone Upper Elementary School	13.3%	0%	239
Belvidere Central Middle School	12.1%	0.4%	911
North Boone Middle School	11.6%	0.9%	237
Belvidere South Middle School	8.4%	0%	780
Perry Elementary School	7.8%	1.6%	240
Meehan Elementary School	7.1%	0%	595
Washington Academy	5.8%	0.3%	686