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Results are in and 74.6% of St. Clair County students failed the Mathematics 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 students who failed their Mathematics assessment in St. Clair County rose by 6.7% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Monroe County had the highest success rate across the state, with 43.1% 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.

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 did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Lovejoy Elementary School	100%	29
Lovejoy Middle School	100%	28
Penniman Elementary School	100%	262
Lalumier Elementary School	100%	41
Elizabeth Morris Elementary School	100%	48
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	99.6%	243
Estelle Sauget School of Choice	99.4%	166
Helen Huffman Elementary School	98.5%	265
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School	98.3%	467
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School	98.3%	121
Mason-Clark Middle School	97.7%	609
Dunbar Elementary School	96.2%	133
James Avant Elementary School	94.4%	143
Emge Junior High School	94.2%	190
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	92.6%	325
Grant Middle School	91.2%	238
Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence	90.8%	163
Lebanon High School	90.6%	96
Dupo Junior High School	90.2%	143
Douglas Elementary School	89.6%	125
High Mount Elementary School	89.4%	207
Whiteside Middle School	89.3%	506
Franklin Elementary School	88.5%	87
Jefferson Elementary School	88.3%	145
Joseph Arthur Middle School	86.9%	236
Central Elementary School	86.8%	106
Annette Officer Elementary School	86%	129
Henry Raab Elementary School	85.3%	102
Bluffview Elementary School	85.2%	243
Illini Elementary School	84.3%	108
Marissa Elementary School	84.3%	140
Central Junior High School	83.4%	355
Pontiac Junior High School	82.8%	227
West Junior High School	82.5%	399
Marissa Junior and Senior High School	81.6%	87
Signal Hill Elementary School	80.6%	175
Harmony Intermediate Center	80.5%	205
Union Elementary School	79.9%	264
William Holliday Elementary School	79.4%	214
Westhaven Elementary School	78.9%	209
Belle Valley School	78.3%	605
Ellis Elementary School	78.1%	73
Whiteside Elementary School	76.7%	240
Roosevelt Elementary School	70.1%	164
St. Libory Elementary School	66.7%	33
Laverna Evans Elementary School	66.5%	191
Shiloh Middle School	66.4%	304
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School	65%	680
Fulton Junior High School	62%	644
New Athens Junior High School	61.9%	126
Millstadt Consolidated School	60.3%	474
New Athens Elementary School	58.6%	87
Freeburg Elementary School	58.1%	515
Wingate Elementary School	57.8%	204
Lebanon Elementary School	56.6%	99
Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School	55.5%	218
Mascoutah Elementary School	54.8%	438
Wolf Branch Elementary School	54.5%	178
Mascoutah Middle School	54.5%	909
Shiloh Elementary School	53.1%	64
Marie Schaefer Elementary School	52.6%	304
Wolf Branch Middle School	50.5%	309
Delores Moye Elementary School	50.4%	282
Smithton Elementary School	50.3%	372
Scott Elementary School	44.6%	312
J. Emt Hinchcliffe Senior Elementary School	41.6%	219