How many Adams County students failed their mathematics IAR during 2022-23?

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By Quincy Reporter

Aug 6, 2024

Results are in and 75.9% of Adams County students failed the mathematics portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of students who failed their mathematics assessment in Adams County rose by 2.4% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 97.5% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Woodford County had the highest success rate across the state, with 46.8% 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.

According to recent IAR data, the average ELA proficiency rate for Illinois students was 35.4% in 2023, while the math proficiency rate stood at 27.1%. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity.

White students demonstrated higher proficiency rates in both ELA and math compared to Black and Hispanic students. The ELA proficiency rate for white students was 45.6%, around twice higher than that of Black students (17%) and Hispanic students (23.3%).

The gap was even worse in math, with white students achieving a 37% proficiency rate, nearly five times higher than Black students (7.9%) and over twice higher than Hispanic students (14.4%).

Adams County's Students Failure Rates in mathematics Over 4 Years

Adams County Schools Students who Didn’t Meet Academic Standards in mathematics During 2022-23 School Year

School	Students who did not meet standards (%)	Total students tested
Quincy Junior High School	82.4%	1,239
Unity Middle School	80.1%	186
Seymour Elementary School	78.1%	133
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	77.4%	261
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	77%	275
Central Junior High School	76.3%	240
Seymour High School	76.1%	71
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	73.9%	253
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	70.7%	287
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	69.1%	221
Liberty High School	68.6%	86
Central 3-4 Middle School	68.1%	103
Liberty Elementary School	60.9%	177
Unity Elementary School	53.8%	104