Sangamon Sun

Test results show 37.5% of Logan County students passed the English 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 Logan County students who succeeded rose by 23% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 52.1% of its students passing the English portion of the IAR. Schools in Pulaski County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 92.7% 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
Lincoln Junior High School	38.8%	14%	340
Central Elementary School	37.1%	9.3%	161
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School	36.5%	6.6%	284
Olympia South Elementary School	32.1%	3.7%	312
Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School	30.6%	0%	102
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School	29.5%	4.5%	214
Washington-Monroe Elementary School	28.7%	4.3%	195
Emden Elementary School	27%	2.7%	83
Northwest Elementary School	24.8%	3.7%	241
Mount Pulaski Elementary School	21.7%	2.2%	346
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School	15.7%	0%	84