Quantcast

Will County Gazette

Monday, May 12, 2025

40% of Will County School District 92 students met or exceeded Math IAR expectations on tests in 2023-24 school year

Webp 6sf6ca3675rw2ajw2riua2zopggc

Adrianna Washington Board of Education, Vice President | Will County School District 92

Adrianna Washington Board of Education, Vice President | Will County School District 92

In the 2023-24 school year, 40% of the students in Will County School District 92 passed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 913 students in Will County School District 92 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 365 (40%) passed.

The percentage of Will County School District 92 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 3.5% compared to the previous school year.

Will County School District 92 roughly covers four schools within Will County and has a main office in Lockport.

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.

Students Who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Math During 2023-24 School Year
SchoolDistrictStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
Reed Elementary SchoolWill County School District 9242.3%12.1%
Ludwig Elementary SchoolWill County School District 9236.6%2.8%
Oak Prairie Junior High SchoolWill County School District 9231.3%4.5%

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS