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Did Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 students fail or pass their 2023-24 ELA tests?

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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

In the 2023-24 school year, 59.8% of Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 students failed the ELA 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 ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 40.2% who did.

The total number Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 4.1% from the previous school year.

Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Palatine.

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.

Cook's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%68%70%67%70%64%65%60%59%Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Lake Louise Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1588.2%
Jane Addams Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1580.9%
Gray M. Sanborn Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1577.5%
Lincoln Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1572.7%
Winston Campus Junior High SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1571.2%
Virginia Lake Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1569.7%
Kimball Hill Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1566.9%
Stuart R. Paddock SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1563.2%
Willow Bend Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1562.7%
Winston Campus Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1562.6%
Central Road Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1557%
Frank C. Whiteley Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1556.6%
Carl Sandburg Junior High SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1553.6%
Walter R. Sundling Junior High SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1552.7%
Marion Jordan Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1551.5%
Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1549.7%
Hunting Ridge Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1547.3%
Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1540.4%
Plum Grove Junior High SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 1536.5%

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