Kankakee County: How many students failed the ELA test in 2021-22 school year?

Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center Principal Mr. Jeremy Outsen (2023) | Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center

By Kankakee Times

Jan 29, 2024

Results are in and 75.2% of Kankakee County students failed the ELA 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 ELA assessment in Kankakee County rose by 0.1% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Pulaski County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 92.7% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Piatt County had the highest success rate across the state, with 49.4% of its students passing the ELA 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.

Kankakee County's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 3 Years

Kankakee County Schools Students who Didn’t Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2021-22 School Year

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Edison Primary School	100%	99
Steuben Elementary School	95.4%	65
Mark Twain Primary School	95.2%	21
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	90.9%	99
King Middle Grade School	90.8%	359
Je-Neir Elementary School	85.8%	120
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	85.7%	475
Taft Primary School	85.2%	27
Kankakee Junior High School	84.3%	597
Momence Junior High School	84%	263
St. Anne Elementary School	81.7%	175
Bradley Central Middle School	80.4%	433
Grant Park Elementary School	79.1%	177
Bradley West Elementary School	77.5%	355
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	76%	75
Shabbona Elementary School	75.4%	61
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	73.4%	504
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	73.4%	256
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	73.3%	86
Liberty Intermediate School	66%	718
Limestone Middle School	65.6%	506
Manteno Elementary School	64.8%	261
Herscher Intermediate School	63.8%	229
St. George Elementary School	61.3%	243
Manteno Middle School	58.3%	527