In the 2023-24 school year, 70.6% of Payson Community Unit School District 1 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 71.6% of Quincy School District 172 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 74.2% of Camp Point Community Unit School District 3 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 79.5% of Quincy School District 172 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 79.9% of Payson Community Unit School District 1 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Thirty-three students from eight high schools in west central Illinois visited Springfield on April 29 as part of State Senator Jil Tracy's Youth Advisory Council.