South Central Reporter

Test results show 22.1% of Macoupin County students passed the Mathematics portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of Macoupin County students who succeeded rose by 28.7% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 44.1% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

The IAR measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing in meeting the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards set by Illinois.

Based on their reading scores on the NAEP, public school students from Illinois managed to stay relatively on par with the national level, according to the National Center for Education and Statistics.

Assessment participation rates in 2023 are at or above the 95% testing threshold, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Carlinville Intermediate School	33.5%	4.1%	265
Staunton Elementary School	28.2%	2.8%	540
Shipman Elementary School	25.3%	3.5%	181
Staunton Junior High School	24.5%	1.5%	285
Medora Intermediate School	21.1%	2.4%	183
Ben-Gil Elementary School	21.1%	0.9%	534
Carlinville Middle School	19.8%	2.2%	283
Northwestern Elementary School	19.6%	0%	193
Gillespie Middle School	19%	2.4%	261
Mt. Olive Elementary School	17.9%	0.9%	367
North Mac Intermediate School	16.1%	1%	215
Southwestern Middle School	15.6%	2%	209
Wolf Ridge Education Center	13.5%	0%	357
Bunker Hill High School	12.2%	0%	222
North Mac Middle School	10.3%	0.4%	261
Northwestern Junior High School	2.6%	0%	43