Kankakee County: How many students passed their English tests in 2021-22 school year?

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

By Kankakee Times

Mar 8, 2024

Test results show 24.8% of Kankakee 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 Kankakee County students who succeeded rose by 9.4% 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.

Kankakee County Student's Proficiency in English Over 3 Years

Kankakee County Schools Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Compared to Previous Years

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Manteno Middle School	36.4%	5.3%	533
Herscher Intermediate School	34.5%	1.7%	351
St. George Elementary School	32.1%	6.6%	393
Limestone Middle School	32%	2.4%	508
Liberty Intermediate School	30.9%	3.1%	732
Manteno Elementary School	29.9%	5.4%	705
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	26.7%	0%	456
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	25.4%	1.2%	484
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	24%	0%	321
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	23.2%	3.4%	504
Shabbona Elementary School	23%	1.6%	268
Bradley West Elementary School	22%	0.6%	366
Grant Park Elementary School	20.3%	0.6%	297
Bradley Central Middle School	17.8%	1.8%	440
St. Anne Elementary School	16%	2.3%	286
Momence Junior High School	15.6%	0.4%	333
Taft Primary School	14.8%	0%	368
Je-Neir Elementary School	14.2%	0%	299
Kankakee Junior High School	13.4%	2.3%	627
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	12%	2.3%	498
King Middle Grade School	9.2%	0%	371
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	9.1%	0%	175
Mark Twain Primary School	4.8%	0%	272
Steuben Elementary School	4.6%	0%	286
Edison Primary School	0%	0%	184