Rock Island Today

Results are in and 76.3% of Henry County students failed 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 students who failed their Mathematics assessment in Henry County rose by 0.6% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Monroe County had the highest success rate across the state, with 43.1% of its students passing the Mathematics 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.

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Central Junior High School	92.9%	266
Central Elementary School	92.2%	322
Colona Grade School	91.6%	227
Galva Junior/Senior High School	86.8%	76
Alwood Middle/High School	84.6%	52
Wethersfield Elementary School	80.1%	151
Geneseo Middle School	80%	590
Alwood Elementary School	77.6%	107
Galva Elementary School	76.9%	121
Irving Elementary School	75.8%	124
Cambridge Junior/Senior High School	75.3%	97
Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School	75%	72
Annawan Grade School	70.9%	151
Northside Elementary School	68.8%	125
Millikin Elementary School	66.7%	186
Orion Middle School	65.5%	223
Southwest Elementary School	64.7%	187
C.R. Hanna Elementary School	55.2%	223
Cambridge Community Grade School	54.9%	102
Neponset Grade School	52.6%	76