Metro East Sun

Test results show 31.7% of St. Clair 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 St. Clair County students who succeeded rose by 21.9% 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
Smithton Elementary School	49.7%	5.4%	553
Wingate Elementary School	48.5%	5.9%	480
New Athens Junior High School	47.6%	14.3%	130
Scott Elementary School	45.3%	15.8%	737
Delores Moye Elementary School	45.2%	3.9%	637
New Athens Elementary School	44.8%	6.9%	217
Mascoutah Elementary School	43.7%	8.2%	807
Lebanon Elementary School	43.4%	3%	275
Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School	42.7%	3.2%	439
Freeburg Elementary School	42.3%	10.1%	507
Wolf Branch Middle School	42.1%	10.7%	311
J. Emmett Hinchcliffe Senior Elementary School	41.7%	3.7%	411
Mascoutah Middle School	39.7%	11.9%	927
St. Libory Elementary School	39.4%	0%	50
Fulton Junior High School	38.9%	6.5%	649
Shiloh Middle School	37.5%	8.2%	314
Marie Schaefer Elementary School	36.8%	2%	626
Wolf Branch Elementary School	34.8%	3.4%	422
Millstadt Consolidated School	34.8%	8%	473
Laverna Evans Elementary School	33.5%	3.1%	356
Shiloh Elementary School	32.8%	1.6%	232
Belle Valley School	32.4%	5.3%	980
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School	32.2%	6.2%	681
Lebanon High School	30.2%	4.2%	226
Roosevelt Elementary School	29.9%	0%	245
Union Elementary School	28.8%	2.3%	395
Central Junior High School	26.6%	5.1%	361
Westhaven Elementary School	25.8%	1.4%	414
Whiteside Elementary School	25.7%	1.7%	669
Douglas Elementary School	25.6%	1.6%	271
Bluffview Elementary School	25.2%	0.4%	533
Pontiac Junior High School	25.1%	5.7%	221
Jefferson Elementary School	24.8%	0.7%	329
Emge Junior High School	24.7%	5.3%	192
Central Elementary School	24.5%	0.9%	314
High Mount Elementary School	23.8%	1%	345
West Junior High School	23.6%	7.3%	408
Henry Raab Elementary School	23.5%	0%	152
Illini Elementary School	22.2%	1.9%	303
William Holliday Elementary School	22%	0.9%	444
Whiteside Middle School	21.3%	0.4%	505
Harmony Intermediate Center	21%	2.4%	213
Marissa Junior and Senior High School	20.7%	1.1%	252
Signal Hill Elementary School	20.6%	8%	298
Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence	20%	1.8%	357
Ellis Elementary School	19.2%	0%	361
Marissa Elementary School	18.6%	0.7%	254
Joseph Arthur Middle School	18.4%	1.3%	238
James Avant Elementary School	16.1%	1.4%	308
Grant Middle School	15.5%	1.7%	231
Franklin Elementary School	14.9%	2.3%	148
Dupo Junior High School	13.9%	2.8%	154
Dunbar Elementary School	10.5%	0.8%	335
Annette Officer Elementary School	10.1%	0.8%	355
Caseyville Elementary School	9.2%	0%	315
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	8.6%	0.3%	519
Twin Echo Elementary School	8.4%	2.4%	212
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School	6.8%	0.2%	469
Elizabeth Morris Elementary School	6.3%	0%	262
Mason-Clark Middle School	6.2%	0%	646
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School	4.1%	0.8%	398
Estelle Sauget School of Choice	3.6%	0%	257
Helen Huffman Elementary School	3.4%	0%	260
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	2.1%	0%	213
Penniman Elementary School	0.4%	0%	264
Lovejoy Elementary School	0%	0%	108
Lovejoy Middle School	0%	0%	26
Lalumier Elementary School	0%	0%	264