Sangamon Sun

Results are in and 78.7% of Sangamon County students failed 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 students who failed their Mathematics assessment in Sangamon County rose by 27.2% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Monroe County had the highest success rate across the state, with 43.1% 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.

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 did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Jefferson Middle School	99.2%	529
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	98.2%	57
Feitshans Elementary School	98%	150
Washington Middle School	97.5%	473
Harvard Park Elementary School	97.2%	181
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	95.7%	94
Dubois Elementary School	94.6%	203
Fairview Elementary School	94.5%	127
McClernand Elementary School	94.4%	90
Ridgely Elementary School	94.3%	123
U.S. Grant Middle School	94.1%	511
Auburn Middle School	93.1%	218
Riverton Elementary School	92.7%	164
Southern View Elementary School	92.3%	78
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	91.8%	110
Jane Addams Elementary School	90.2%	123
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	89.5%	238
Enos Elementary School	89.4%	123
Riverton Middle School	88.5%	347
Black Hawk Elementary School	87.9%	107
Springfield Ball Charter School	86.4%	264
Tri-City Junior High School	85.7%	119
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	84.1%	675
New Berlin Junior High School	83.8%	185
Pawnee Grade School	81.7%	164
Wilcox Elementary School	80.2%	106
Hazel Dell Elementary School	79.3%	58
Lindsay School	78.3%	198
Rochester Intermediate School	75.6%	426
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	75%	76
Butler Elementary School	74.6%	142
Pleasant Plains Middle School	74.6%	374
Glenwood Intermediate School	73.8%	721
Glenwood Middle School	71.8%	703
Rochester Junior High School	70.8%	342
Williamsville Junior High School	68.4%	462
New Berlin Elementary School	68.2%	148
Lincoln Magnet School	65%	297
Laketown Elementary School	64.8%	71
Tri-City Elementary School	64.7%	133
Farmingdale Elementary School	62.1%	177
Sandburg Elementary School	62%	137
Owen Marsh Elementary School	61.1%	131
Ball Elementary School	60.6%	198
Chatham Elementary School	58.6%	203
Glenwood Elementary School	58.4%	245
Rochester Elementary 2-3	48.8%	129
Sherman Elementary School	47.7%	218
Iles Elementary School	27.6%	239