In the 2023-24 school year, 71.2% of Winnebago Community Unit School District 323 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were two offenders convicted of drug crimes living in Boone County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Rockford Sun.
In the 2023-24 school year, 72% of Harlem Unit School District 122 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 9.2% of the students in South Beloit Community Unit School District 320 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 72.9% of North Boone Community Unit School District 200 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 12.8% of the students in Rockford School District 205 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 15.4% of the students in Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 72.9% of Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.