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Did Raccoon Consolidated School District 1 students fail or pass their 2023-24 math tests?

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

In the 2023-24 school year, 73.4% of Raccoon Consolidated School District 1 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 26.6% who did.

The total number Raccoon Consolidated School District 1 students who failed their math assessments grew by 0.9% from the previous school year.

Raccoon Consolidated School District 1 roughly covers schools within Marion County and has a main office in Centralia.

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.

Marion's Students Failure Rates in Math Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%81%75%84%74%72%73%73%72%Raccoon Consolidated School District 1Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Raccoon Consolidated Elementary SchoolRaccoon Consolidated School District 173.4%

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