Lorelei Andedo Student Intervention Administrator (SIA) | Official Website
Lorelei Andedo Student Intervention Administrator (SIA) | Official Website
The number of students who failed their mathematics assessment in Rock Island County rose by 1% compared to the previous school year.
In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 97.5% 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 46.8% 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.
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%).
| School | Students who did not meet standards (%) | Total students tested |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Ridge School | 97% | 168 |
| Lincoln-Irving Elementary School | 95.8% | 142 |
| Willard Elementary School | 94.3% | 88 |
| Wells Elementary School | 94% | 83 |
| Rock Island Academy | 93.7% | 274 |
| Longfellow Elementary School | 93% | 113 |
| Frances Willard Elementary School | 92.6% | 202 |
| John Deere Middle School | 91.1% | 719 |
| George O. Barr School | 91% | 191 |
| Northeast Junior High School | 89.9% | 196 |
| Edison Junior High School | 89.4% | 389 |
| Washington Junior High School | 88.8% | 456 |
| Glenview Middle School | 88.7% | 1,111 |
| Hillcrest Elementary School | 87.1% | 116 |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School | 86.7% | 803 |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | 86% | 200 |
| Bowlesburg Elementary School | 85.1% | 101 |
| Butterworth Elementary School | 83.9% | 87 |
| Ridgewood Elementary School | 83.2% | 131 |
| Rock Island Center for Math and Science | 82.8% | 233 |
| George Washington Elementary School | 82.7% | 145 |
| Logan Elementary School | 82.6% | 138 |
| Denkmann Elementary School | 82.4% | 223 |
| Rockridge Junior High School | 80.8% | 235 |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | 80.1% | 166 |
| Ridgewood Elementary School | 79.4% | 170 |
| Hampton Elementary School | 75.5% | 159 |
| Hamilton Elementary School | 74.8% | 302 |
| Sherrard Junior High School | 74.7% | 209 |
| Bicentennial Elementary School | 72.3% | 137 |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | 70% | 143 |
| Andalusia Elementary School | 69.4% | 222 |
| Eugene Field Elementary School | 68.5% | 254 |
| Jane Addams Elementary School | 66.6% | 144 |
| Earl H. Hanson Elementary School | 66.4% | 110 |
| Riverdale Middle School | 65.1% | 267 |
| Riverdale Elementary School | 58.9% | 216 |
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