St. Clair County students and their ELA performance in 2021-22

Signal Hill Elementary School Principal Mrs. Lasandra Chism (2023) | Signal Hill Elementary School

By Metro East Sun

Jan 30, 2024

Results are in and 68% of St. Clair County students failed the ELA 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 ELA assessment in St. Clair County rose by 5.3% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Pulaski County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 92.7% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Piatt County had the highest success rate across the state, with 49.4% of its students passing the ELA 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.

St. Clair County's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 3 Years

St. Clair County Schools Students who Didn’t Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2021-22 School Year

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Lovejoy Elementary School	100%	29
Lovejoy Middle School	100%	27
Lalumier Elementary School	100%	41
Penniman Elementary School	99.6%	262
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	97.9%	243
Helen Huffman Elementary School	96.6%	265
Estelle Sauget School of Choice	96.4%	166
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School	95.1%	123
Mason-Clark Middle School	93.8%	610
Elizabeth Morris Elementary School	93.7%	48
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School	92.9%	468
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	91.1%	325
Annette Officer Elementary School	89.1%	129
Dunbar Elementary School	88.7%	133
Dupo Junior High School	83.3%	144
Franklin Elementary School	82.8%	87
Grant Middle School	82.8%	238
James Avant Elementary School	82.5%	143
Ellis Elementary School	80.8%	73
Marissa Elementary School	80.7%	140
Joseph Arthur Middle School	80.3%	234
Whiteside Middle School	78.3%	506
Marissa Junior and Senior High School	78.2%	87
Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence	78.2%	165
William Holliday Elementary School	77.1%	214
Harmony Intermediate Center	76.6%	205
Henry Raab Elementary School	76.5%	102
Illini Elementary School	75.9%	108
High Mount Elementary School	75.2%	206
Central Elementary School	74.5%	106
Jefferson Elementary School	74.5%	145
Bluffview Elementary School	74.4%	242
Douglas Elementary School	72.8%	125
Westhaven Elementary School	72.7%	209
Whiteside Elementary School	72.6%	241
Signal Hill Elementary School	71.4%	175
Roosevelt Elementary School	70.1%	164
Emge Junior High School	70%	190
West Junior High School	69.2%	399
Pontiac Junior High School	69.2%	227
Union Elementary School	68.9%	264
Central Junior High School	68.4%	354
Lebanon High School	65.6%	96
Shiloh Elementary School	65.6%	64
Laverna Evans Elementary School	63.4%	191
Belle Valley School	62.3%	608
Wolf Branch Elementary School	61.8%	178
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School	61.7%	681
Marie Schaefer Elementary School	61.2%	304
St. Libory Elementary School	60.6%	33
Millstadt Consolidated School	57.2%	474
J. Emt Hinchcliffe Senior Elementary School	54.6%	218
Fulton Junior High School	54.6%	643
Shiloh Middle School	54.3%	304
Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School	54.1%	218
Lebanon Elementary School	53.5%	99
Delores Moye Elementary School	50.9%	283
Mascoutah Middle School	48.4%	911
New Athens Elementary School	48.3%	87
Mascoutah Elementary School	48.1%	439
Freeburg Elementary School	47.6%	515
Wolf Branch Middle School	47.2%	309
Wingate Elementary School	45.6%	204
Smithton Elementary School	44.9%	372
Scott Elementary School	38.9%	311
New Athens Junior High School	38.1%	126