Did Henry County students fail or pass their 2022-23 ELA tests?

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By Rock Island Today Reports

Aug 16, 2024

Results are in and 65.2% of Henry 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 Henry County rose by 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%).

Henry County's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years

Henry County Schools Students who Didn’t Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2022-23 School Year

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Irving Elementary School	88.2%	110
Colona Grade School	82.6%	235
Central Elementary School	78.2%	335
Millikin Elementary School	75.8%	182
Galva Elementary School	74.7%	115
Northside Elementary School	74.4%	129
Wethersfield Elementary School	72.1%	140
Alwood Middle/High School	71%	69
Cambridge Junior/Senior High School	70.5%	95
Galva Junior/Senior High School	66.3%	77
Southwest Elementary School	63.6%	187
Geneseo Middle School	62.4%	582
Alwood Elementary School	61.8%	89
C.R. Hanna Elementary School	55%	229
Orion Middle School	52%	221
Annawan Grade School	51.8%	137
Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School	48.1%	79
Cambridge Community Grade School	47.5%	101
Central Junior High School	45.2%	241