Dr. Michael Connolly Superintendent at Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | Official Website
Dr. Michael Connolly Superintendent at Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | Official Website
These students did not meet the required standards of the math portion of the IAR compared to the 24.6% who did.
The total number Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 students who failed their math assessments fell by 0.9% from the previous school year.
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 roughly covers 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.
Recent IAR data shows that while Illinois students improved slightly in the test, math performance remains below pre-pandemic levels. In 2024, 28.4% of students met math benchmarks, compared to 31.8% in 2019. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity.
The disparities were even more pronounced in math. White students achieved a proficiency rate of 38.7%, while Black students achieved 9.1% and Hispanic students 15.6%. Asian students achieved the highest proficiency rates in both subjects, hitting 68.2% in ELA and 61.4% in math.
| School | District | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Walt Whitman Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 94.4% |
| Oliver W. Holmes Middle School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 88.6% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 88.5% |
| Eugene Field Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 86.1% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 84.3% |
| Jack London Middle School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 76.3% |
| Joyce Kilmer Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 70.2% |
| Booth Tarkington Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 68.9% |
| Cooper Middle School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 65.5% |
| J.W. Riley Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 63.2% |
| Edgar A. Poe Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 57.6% |
| Henry W. Longfellow Elementary School | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 50.6% |
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