Kane County Reporter

Test results show 27.1% of Kane County students passed the English 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 Kane County students who succeeded rose by 47.9% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 52.1% of its students passing the English portion of the IAR. Schools in Pulaski County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 92.7% 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.

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Mill Creek School	51.7%	7.3%	413
Ferson Creek School	50%	14.8%	566
Central Middle School	49.2%	7.2%	364
Heartland Elementary School	48.3%	2.2%	316
Bell-Graham Elementary School	48.3%	12.9%	480
Williamsburg Elementary School	47.1%	7.1%	454
Country Trails Elementary School	46.6%	4.2%	633
Lily Lake Grade School	45.9%	9.8%	263
Fabyan Elementary School	45.4%	6.5%	228
Thompson Middle School	45%	15.2%	1,256
Munhall Elementary School	44.9%	9.4%	497
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy	44.7%	9%	271
Prairie Knolls Middle School	44.2%	15.9%	763
Wild Rose Elementary School	44%	17.3%	526
Lincoln Elementary School	43.4%	10.8%	218
H.C. Storm Elementary School	42.9%	3.9%	321
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School	41.9%	16.8%	158
Corron Elementary School	41.7%	8.5%	543
Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elementary	41.5%	3.4%	512
Prairie View Grade School	40.9%	5.3%	599
Hoover Wood Elementary School	39.2%	6.3%	349
Dundee Highlands Elementary School	39.1%	3%	347
Wredling Middle School	38.9%	9.4%	1,379
Alice Gustafson Elementary School	38.6%	4.9%	487
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School	38.5%	5.6%	373
Gilberts Elementary School	37.9%	1.9%	706
Richmond Intermediate School	37.7%	8%	372
Anderson Elementary School	37.2%	2.3%	418
J.B. Nelson Elementary School	37%	1.1%	376
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School	36.3%	3.7%	381
Louise White Elementary School	36%	4.7%	355
Kaneland John Shields Elementary School	35.3%	3.6%	441
Geneva Middle School South	34.6%	4%	596
Kaneland McDole Elementary School	34.3%	2%	431
Grace McWayne Elementary School	33.8%	1.3%	328
Geneva Middle School North	32%	2.9%	592
Howard B. Thomas Grade School	31.8%	5.4%	689
Liberty Elementary School	30.4%	3.1%	744
Wasco Elementary School	30.3%	4.6%	451
Western Avenue Elementary School	30.3%	3.4%	333
Westfield Community School	30.2%	3.6%	1,309
Sam Rotolo Middle School	29.2%	6.8%	1,178
Dundee Middle School	28.5%	2.6%	1,145
Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School	28.2%	1.7%	410
Sunny Hill Elementary School	27.8%	3.4%	279
Elgin Math and Science Academy Charter School	27.4%	2.5%	361
Hampshire Middle School	26.8%	1.9%	743
Harrison Street Elementary School	25.9%	3.4%	388
Fearn Elementary School	23.8%	1.1%	480
Cambridge Lakes Charter School	22.6%	2.7%	659
Jewel Middle School	22.6%	2.8%	579
C.I. Johnson Elementary School	22.4%	0.9%	388
Otter Creek Elementary School	21.8%	1.5%	636
Clinton Elementary School	21.2%	1.1%	442
Hampshire Elementary School	21%	0.4%	449
Gary D. Wright Elementary School	20.7%	1.3%	887
Freeman Elementary School	20.5%	0.4%	510
Goodwin Elementary School	19.8%	0.8%	331
Fox Meadow Elementary School	19.7%	1.9%	426
Kenyon Woods Middle School	19.4%	2.4%	880
Kaneland Harter Middle School	19.1%	1.3%	936
Herget Middle School	18.7%	0.7%	631
Washington Middle School	16.6%	0.5%	629
Garfield Elementary School	15.3%	0.6%	279
Nicholson Elementary School	15.2%	0%	286
Jefferson Middle School	14.7%	0.7%	581
Schneider Elementary School	14.5%	1.2%	359
Larsen Middle School	13.7%	3.9%	657
McKinley Elementary School	12.8%	0%	332
Abbott Middle School	12.7%	1%	636
Meadowdale Elementary School	12.2%	0%	415
Kimball Middle School	11.1%	1.1%	607
Smith Elementary School	11%	0%	409
Carpentersville Middle School	10.9%	0.8%	1,134
Creekside Elementary School	10.8%	0.8%	498
C.M. Bardwell Elementary School	10.4%	0%	630
Lowrie Elementary School	10.3%	0%	367
Henry W. Cowherd Middle School	10.3%	0.7%	893
Olney C. Allen Elementary School	10.1%	0.6%	653
Willard Elementary School	10%	0.5%	248
C.F. Simmons Middle School	9.9%	0.9%	818
G.N. Dieterich Elementary School	9.8%	0.5%	428
Hillcrest Elementary School	9.6%	0.4%	419
Parkview Elementary School	9.5%	0%	361
Golfview Elementary School	9.5%	0%	390
Century Oaks Elementary School	9.4%	0.7%	463
Hall Elementary School	9.1%	0%	527
Hill Elementary School	9%	1.1%	546
Washington Elementary School	9%	0.9%	369
McCleery Elementary School	8.9%	0%	534
Greenman Elementary School	8.6%	0%	502
Mabel O. Donnell Elementary School	8.2%	0.7%	376
Lakewood School	8.2%	0.3%	761
Oak Park Elementary School	7.8%	0%	427
Highland Elementary School	7.6%	0.3%	553
John Gates Elementary School	7.2%	0%	399
L.D. Brady Elementary School	6.3%	0%	286
K.D. Waldo Middle School	6.3%	0.2%	927
Ellis Middle School	6.2%	0.2%	676
Beaupre Elementary School	6.1%	1%	158
Ronald D.O. Neal Elementary School	6%	0.7%	479
Coleman Elementary School	5.7%	0.3%	608
Channing Memorial Elementary School	5.6%	0%	361
Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School	5.6%	0%	548
Rose E. Krug Elementary School	5%	0%	257
Harriet Gifford Elementary School	4.2%	0%	380
Perry Elementary School	2.2%	0%	285
Edna Rollins Elementary School	2%	0%	487