Rockford Sun

Results are in and 80.4% of Winnebago County students failed the mathematics portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of students who failed their mathematics assessment in Winnebago County rose by 0.5% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 97.5% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Woodford County had the highest success rate across the state, with 46.8% 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.

According to recent IAR data, the average ELA proficiency rate for Illinois students was 35.4% in 2023, while the math proficiency rate stood at 27.1%. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity.

White students demonstrated higher proficiency rates in both ELA and math compared to Black and Hispanic students. The ELA proficiency rate for white students was 45.6%, around twice higher than that of Black students (17%) and Hispanic students (23.3%).

The gap was even worse in math, with white students achieving a 37% proficiency rate, nearly five times higher than Black students (7.9%) and over twice higher than Hispanic students (14.4%).

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Kennedy Middle School	100.1%	335
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	99.2%	127
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	98.7%	649
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	98.6%	984
West Middle School	98.4%	801
Ellis Elementary School	98.1%	203
Jackson Charter School	98.1%	107
McIntosh Elementary School	98%	153
Constance Lane Elementary School	97.5%	282
Riverdahl Elementary School	97.5%	267
Conklin Elementary School	95.9%	177
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	95.7%	140
Rolling Green Elementary School	95.4%	219
Washington Elementary School	94.9%	241
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	94.8%	231
Whitehead Elementary School	94.6%	314
Eisenhower Middle School	94.4%	947
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	94%	789
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	93.6%	141
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	93%	185
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	92.3%	209
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	92.3%	427
Swan Hillman Elementary School	92%	261
Gregory Elementary School	92%	198
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	90.2%	205
Windsor Elementary School	90%	209
West View Elementary School	89.7%	194
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	89.6%	192
Black Hawk Elementary School	89.4%	123
Maple Elementary School	86.9%	175
South Beloit Junior High School	86.8%	137
Marquette Elementary School	86.8%	76
Rock Cut Elementary School	86.6%	267
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	85.9%	163
Machesney Elementary School	85.3%	339
Haskell Elementary School	84%	125
Riverview Elementary School	81.9%	132
Brookview Elementary School	80.9%	242
Harlem Middle School	80.2%	904
Cherry Valley Elementary School	79.8%	322
Loves Park Elementary School	78.2%	188
Spring Creek Elementary School	77.6%	236
Jean McNair Elementary School	75.3%	267
Montessori Elementary School	72.5%	342
Ralston Elementary School	70.6%	187
Durand Junior High School	70.2%	77
Olson Park Elementary School	69.7%	248
Pecatonica Community Middle School	69.5%	272
Winnebago Middle School	64.5%	296
Durand Elementary School	58.6%	133
Stephen Mack Middle School	58.2%	523
Kinnikinnick School	55.9%	376
Shirland Community Consolidated School	55.5%	63
Pecatonica Elementary School	54.6%	121
Whitman Post Elementary School	51.1%	504
Roscoe Middle School	50.5%	554
Willowbrook Middle School	45.9%	299
Stone Creek School	40.8%	179
Prairie Hill Elementary School	34.7%	167
Thurgood Marshall School	18.3%	464
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	5.6%	196