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Did Aurora East Unit School District 131 students fail or pass their 2023-24 math tests?

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Dr. Jennifer Norrell Superintendent at East Aurora School District 131 | Official Website

Dr. Jennifer Norrell Superintendent at East Aurora School District 131 | Official Website

In the 2023-24 school year, 91.6% of Aurora East Unit School District 131 students failed the math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

These students did not meet the required standards of the math portion of the IAR compared to the 8.4% who did.

The total number Aurora East Unit School District 131 students who failed their math assessments fell by 1.5% from the previous school year.

Aurora East Unit School District 131 roughly covers schools within Kane County and has a main office in Aurora.

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.

Kane's Students Failure Rates in Math Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%97%75%95%74%93%73%92%72%Aurora East Unit School District 131Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Oak Park Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13198.1%
C.M. Bardwell Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13197.4%
John Gates Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13197.1%
Edna Rollins Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13197%
G.N. Dieterich Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13196.5%
K.D. Waldo Middle SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13196.2%
Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13196.1%
Mabel O. Donnell Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13195.4%
Olney C. Allen Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13195.3%
Henry W. Cowherd Middle SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13194.2%
Beaupre Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13194.2%
L.D. Brady Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13193.3%
Rose E. Krug Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13192.3%
C.F. Simmons Middle SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13192.2%
Fred Rodgers Magnet AcademyAurora East Unit School District 13168.3%
C.I. Johnson Elementary SchoolAurora East Unit School District 13156.9%

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