Rockford Sun

In the 2023-24 school year, 54.9% of Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 students failed the math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

These students did not meet the required standards of the math portion of the IAR compared to the 45.1% who did.

The total number Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 students who failed their math assessments grew by 4.1% from the previous school year.

Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 roughly covers schools within Winnebago County and has a main office in Roscoe.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing toward state standards in English language arts and mathematics.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	District	Students who did not meet met standards (%)
Roscoe Middle School	Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131	55.5%
Stone Creek School	Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131	54.6%
Kinnikinnick School	Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131	54.2%