Kane County Reporter

In the 2023-24 school year, 46.5% of the students in Batavia Unit School District 101 passed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,135 students in Batavia Unit School District 101 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 993 (46.5%) passed.

The percentage of Batavia Unit School District 101 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 1.4% compared to the previous school year.

Batavia Unit School District 101 roughly covers eight schools within Kane County and has a main office in Batavia.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing toward state standards in English language arts and mathematics.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	District	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)
Hoover Wood Elementary School	Batavia Unit School District 101	47.2%	9.4%
Louise White Elementary School	Batavia Unit School District 101	45.3%	10.9%
Grace McWayne Elementary School	Batavia Unit School District 101	44.6%	14.2%
H.C. Storm Elementary School	Batavia Unit School District 101	39.8%	6.2%
Alice Gustafson Elementary School	Batavia Unit School District 101	39.1%	6.5%
J.B. Nelson Elementary School	Batavia Unit School District 101	36.9%	9.7%
Sam Rotolo Middle School	Batavia Unit School District 101	35.8%	6%