Quincy Reporter

Test results show 24.8% of Adams 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 Adams County students who succeeded rose by 3.3% 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
Liberty High School	36.5%	4.7%	273
Liberty Elementary School	36.4%	1.8%	342
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	26.6%	1.3%	479
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	26.2%	4.3%	545
Unity Elementary School	26.1%	1.1%	279
Unity Middle School	25.6%	5.9%	207
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	22.2%	3.6%	560
Quincy Junior High School	20.5%	3.1%	1,342
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	19.8%	3.1%	537
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	19.5%	2.7%	540
Central Junior High School	18%	1.2%	248
Seymour Elementary School	14.2%	0%	248
Central 3-4 Middle School	13%	1%	106
Seymour High School	11.6%	0%	233