Did Kankakee County students fail or pass their 2021-22 school year Mathematics tests?

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

By Kankakee Times

Feb 12, 2024

Test results show 19.7% of Kankakee 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 Kankakee County students who succeeded rose by 16.7% 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.

Kankakee County Student's Proficiency in Mathematics Over 3 Years

Kankakee 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
Herscher Intermediate School	36.7%	3.1%	351
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	36%	2.7%	321
Manteno Elementary School	29.9%	3.1%	705
St. George Elementary School	28.7%	4.1%	393
Limestone Middle School	27.1%	2.4%	508
Shabbona Elementary School	26.2%	4.9%	268
Liberty Intermediate School	25.5%	4.2%	732
Manteno Middle School	23.8%	1.1%	533
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	22.4%	2.4%	456
Bradley West Elementary School	20%	2.8%	366
Momence Junior High School	19.8%	1.1%	333
Grant Park Elementary School	19.8%	0.6%	297
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	19.7%	2.2%	504
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	14.8%	0%	484
Mark Twain Primary School	14.3%	0%	272
St. Anne Elementary School	12%	1.1%	286
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	10.2%	0%	175
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	9.3%	0.8%	498
Bradley Central Middle School	8.5%	0.5%	440
Je-Neir Elementary School	7.5%	0%	299
King Middle Grade School	5%	0.6%	371
Kankakee Junior High School	4.4%	0.5%	627
Taft Primary School	3.7%	0%	368
Edison Primary School	2%	0%	184
Steuben Elementary School	1.5%	0%	286