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Kankakee County: How many students failed their ELA test in 2022-23 school year?

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Results are in and 71% of Kankakee County students failed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of students who failed their ELA assessment in Kankakee County rose by 7.9% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 95.7% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Woodford County had the highest success rate across the state, with 59.4% 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.

According to recent IAR data, the average ELA proficiency rate for Illinois students was 35.4% in 2023, while the math proficiency rate stood at 27.1%. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity.

White students demonstrated higher proficiency rates in both ELA and math compared to Black and Hispanic students. The ELA proficiency rate for white students was 45.6%, around twice higher than that of Black students (17%) and Hispanic students (23.3%).

The gap was even worse in math, with white students achieving a 37% proficiency rate, nearly five times higher than Black students (7.9%) and over twice higher than Hispanic students (14.4%).

Kankakee County's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years
2017-182019-202020-212021-220%20%40%60%80%100%69.3%69.3%62.1%62.1%76.8%76.8%69.7%69.7%75.2%75.2%69.9%69.9%71%71%64.6%64.6%CountyState

Kankakee County Schools Students who Didn’t Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolStudents who did not meet standards (%)Total students tested
Taft Primary School100%27
Edison Primary School94.7%93
Steuben Elementary School94.2%52
King Middle Grade School88.4%346
Je-Neir Elementary School85.9%128
John Kennedy Middle Grade School85.8%488
Mark Twain Primary School85.7%21
Noel Levasseur Elementary School85.7%70
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School85.5%103
Kankakee Junior High School84.6%533
Momence Junior High School81.8%258
Bradley West Elementary School76.2%358
St. Anne Elementary School75%168
Shabbona Elementary School74.5%55
Grant Park Elementary School73%178
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School72.7%110
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School71.8%245
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center67.6%487
Herscher Intermediate School65.8%228
Manteno Elementary School65.5%243
Bradley Central Middle School61.7%402
Limestone Middle School59.7%488
Liberty Intermediate School58.1%714
St. George Elementary School55.9%238
Manteno Middle School53.2%536

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