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In 2023-24 school year, 83.5% of Springfield School District 186 students failed math portion of IAR

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Jennifer Gill Superintendent at Springfield School District 186 | Official Website

Jennifer Gill Superintendent at Springfield School District 186 | Official Website

In the 2023-24 school year, 83.5% of Springfield School District 186 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 16.5% who did.

The total number Springfield School District 186 students who failed their math assessments fell by 0.6% from the previous school year.

Springfield School District 186 roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Springfield.

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.

Sangamon's Students Failure Rates in Math Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%84%75%85%74%84%73%84%72%Springfield School District 186Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Feitshans Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18699.4%
Matheny-Withrow Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18698%
Jefferson Middle SchoolSpringfield School District 18697.5%
Harvard Park Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18697.2%
Washington Middle SchoolSpringfield School District 18696.8%
Edwin A. Lee Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18696.5%
U.S. Grant Middle SchoolSpringfield School District 18696.2%
Dubois Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18696%
McClernand Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18695.2%
Southern View Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18692%
Ridgely Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18691.4%
Fairview Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18691.1%
Black Hawk Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18690.3%
Enos Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18689.8%
Elizabeth Graham Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18689.1%
Jane Addams Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18686.3%
Wilcox Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18686.2%
Laketown Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18685.4%
Lindsay SchoolSpringfield School District 18680.2%
Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18678.7%
Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolSpringfield School District 18678.6%
Springfield Ball Charter SchoolSpringfield School District 18677.7%
Butler Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18673.5%
Sandburg Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18670.8%
Owen Marsh Elementary SchoolSpringfield School District 18661.5%
Lincoln Magnet SchoolSpringfield School District 18658.3%

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