Did Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year ELA tests?

In the 2023-24 school year, 28.7% of the students in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 3,663 students in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 1,051 (28.7%) passed.

The percentage of Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 4.1% compared to the previous school year.

Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 roughly covers 12 schools within Cook County and has a main office in Wheeling.

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.