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Did Rochester Community Unit School District 3A students fail or pass their 2023-24 math tests?

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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

In the 2023-24 school year, 71.2% of Rochester Community Unit School District 3A 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 28.8% who did.

The total number Rochester Community Unit School District 3A students who failed their math assessments was unchanged from the previous school year.

Rochester Community Unit School District 3A roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Rochester.

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%74%75%70%74%71%73%71%72%Rochester Community Unit School District 3AIllinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Rochester Junior High SchoolRochester Community Unit School District 3A75%
Rochester Intermediate SchoolRochester Community Unit School District 3A70.4%
Rochester Elementary 2-3Rochester Community Unit School District 3A65.4%

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