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Test expectations: How many Lostant Community Unit School District 425 students failed to meet math IAR expectations in 2023-24 school year?

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Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com

Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com

In the 2023-24 school year, 66.7% of Lostant Community Unit School District 425 students failed the math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

These students did not meet the required standards of the math portion of the IAR compared to the 33.3% who did.

The total number Lostant Community Unit School District 425 students who failed their math assessments fell by 8.7% from the previous school year.

Lostant Community Unit School District 425 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Lostant.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing toward state standards in English language arts and mathematics.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

LaSalle's Students Failure Rates in Math Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%71%75%74%74%75%73%67%72%Lostant Community Unit School District 425Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Lostant Elementary SchoolLostant Community Unit School District 42566.7%

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