Sangamon County students and their Mathematics performance in 2021-22 school year

By Sangamon Sun

Feb 12, 2024

Test results show 21.5% of Sangamon County students passed 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 Sangamon County students who succeeded rose by 27.9% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 44.1% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 95.8% 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.

Sangamon County Student's Proficiency in Mathematics Over 3 Years

Sangamon County Schools Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Mathematics Compared to Previous Years

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Sherman Elementary School	45.4%	6.9%	562
Iles Elementary School	45.2%	27.2%	377
Rochester Elementary 2-3	44.2%	7%	257
Cantrall Elementary School	40.3%	16.4%	342
Chatham Elementary School	36.5%	4.9%	493
Farmingdale Elementary School	35.6%	2.3%	458
Glenwood Elementary School	35.5%	6.1%	589
Laketown Elementary School	33.8%	1.4%	163
Sandburg Elementary School	33.6%	4.4%	257
Ball Elementary School	32.8%	6.6%	594
Tri-City Elementary School	31.6%	3.8%	303
Owen Marsh Elementary School	31.3%	7.6%	262
Cantrall Intermediate School	30%	1.8%	216
Williamsville Junior High School	28.8%	2.8%	473
Lincoln Magnet School	28.3%	6.7%	301
Rochester Junior High School	26.9%	2.3%	347
New Berlin Elementary School	25%	6.8%	404
Glenwood Middle School	24.3%	3.8%	729
Pleasant Plains Middle School	24.1%	1.3%	383
Glenwood Intermediate School	23.2%	3.1%	760
Rochester Intermediate School	22.3%	2.1%	424
Lindsay School	21.2%	0.5%	430
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	21.1%	3.9%	220
Hazel Dell Elementary School	20.7%	0%	114
Butler Elementary School	20.4%	4.9%	300
Wilcox Elementary School	18.9%	0.9%	229
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School	18.8%	2.3%	134
Pawnee Grade School	17.1%	1.2%	323
New Berlin Junior High School	15.1%	1.1%	192
Tri-City Junior High School	14.3%	0%	121
Springfield Ball Charter School	13.3%	0.4%	394
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	13%	2.8%	712
Black Hawk Elementary School	11.2%	0.9%	241
Riverton Middle School	10.7%	0.9%	365
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	10.5%	0%	245
Enos Elementary School	9.8%	0.8%	263
Jane Addams Elementary School	8.9%	0.8%	259
Sangamon Valley Middle School	8.3%	0%	160
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	8.2%	0%	268
Southern View Elementary School	7.7%	0%	156
Riverton Elementary School	7.3%	0%	504
Auburn Middle School	6%	0.9%	224
U.S. Grant Middle School	5.7%	0.2%	544
Ridgely Elementary School	5.7%	0%	294
McClernand Elementary School	5.6%	0%	209
Dubois Elementary School	5.4%	0%	376
Fairview Elementary School	4.7%	0.8%	258
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	3.2%	1.1%	201
Harvard Park Elementary School	2.8%	0%	430
Washington Middle School	2.3%	0.2%	506
Feitshans Elementary School	2%	0%	320
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	1.8%	0%	239
Jefferson Middle School	0.8%	0%	570