Metro East Sun

Test results show 25.3% of St. Clair County students passed 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 St. Clair County students who succeeded rose by 25% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 44.1% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 95.8% 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
J. Emmett Hinchcliffe Senior Elementary School	50.2%	8.2%	411
Smithton Elementary School	45.2%	4.6%	553
Shiloh Elementary School	43.8%	3.1%	232
Delores Moye Elementary School	41.1%	8.5%	637
Wolf Branch Elementary School	41%	4.5%	422
Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School	40.8%	3.7%	439
Scott Elementary School	40.4%	15.1%	737
Mascoutah Elementary School	39.7%	5.5%	807
Wolf Branch Middle School	38.8%	10.7%	311
Marie Schaefer Elementary School	38.8%	8.6%	626
Freeburg Elementary School	37.9%	4.1%	507
Mascoutah Middle School	37.8%	7.7%	927
Wingate Elementary School	37.7%	4.4%	480
Lebanon Elementary School	37.4%	6.1%	275
Millstadt Consolidated School	34.8%	4.9%	473
New Athens Junior High School	34.1%	4%	130
Fulton Junior High School	32.8%	5.3%	649
New Athens Elementary School	32.2%	9.2%	217
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School	31.2%	3.8%	681
Shiloh Middle School	28.9%	4.6%	314
Laverna Evans Elementary School	28.3%	5.2%	356
St. Libory Elementary School	27.3%	6.1%	50
Roosevelt Elementary School	25%	4.9%	245
Whiteside Elementary School	22.1%	1.3%	669
Belle Valley School	19.8%	1.8%	980
Union Elementary School	19.3%	0.8%	395
Ellis Elementary School	19.2%	2.7%	361
William Holliday Elementary School	19.2%	1.4%	444
Westhaven Elementary School	19.1%	1.9%	414
Harmony Intermediate Center	17.6%	2%	213
Signal Hill Elementary School	17.1%	2.3%	298
Marissa Junior and Senior High School	16.1%	2.3%	252
Illini Elementary School	15.7%	0%	303
Twin Echo Elementary School	15.7%	0%	212
Central Junior High School	15.5%	1.1%	361
West Junior High School	15.5%	2%	408
Pontiac Junior High School	15.4%	1.8%	221
Caseyville Elementary School	15.3%	0.8%	315
Marissa Elementary School	14.3%	1.4%	254
Annette Officer Elementary School	14%	0%	355
Henry Raab Elementary School	13.7%	1%	152
Bluffview Elementary School	13.6%	1.2%	533
Central Elementary School	13.2%	0%	314
Joseph Arthur Middle School	12.3%	0.8%	238
Jefferson Elementary School	11.7%	0%	329
Franklin Elementary School	10.3%	1.1%	148
Whiteside Middle School	10.3%	0.4%	505
Dupo Junior High School	9.8%	0%	154
Lebanon High School	9.4%	0%	226
High Mount Elementary School	9.2%	1.4%	345
Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence	9.2%	0%	357
Douglas Elementary School	8.8%	1.6%	271
Grant Middle School	8.4%	0.4%	231
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	7.4%	0%	519
Emge Junior High School	5.3%	0.5%	192
James Avant Elementary School	4.9%	0.7%	308
Dunbar Elementary School	3%	0.8%	335
Mason-Clark Middle School	2.3%	0%	646
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School	1.7%	0%	469
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School	1.7%	0%	398
Helen Huffman Elementary School	1.5%	0%	260
Estelle Sauget School of Choice	0.6%	0%	257
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	0.4%	0%	213
Lovejoy Elementary School	0%	0%	108
Lovejoy Middle School	0%	0%	26
Penniman Elementary School	0%	0%	264
Lalumier Elementary School	0%	0%	264
Elizabeth Morris Elementary School	0%	0%	262