Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website
Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website
These students did not meet the required standards of the math portion of the IAR compared to the 10.9% who did.
The total number Joliet Public School District 86 students who failed their math assessments fell by 1% from the previous school year.
Joliet Public School District 86 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Joliet.
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.
| School | District | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| A.O. Marshall Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 96.6% |
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 96.2% |
| Edna Keith Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 95% |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 93.9% |
| Farragut Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 93.6% |
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 93.4% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 93.2% |
| Pershing Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 91.7% |
| Washington Junior High and Academy Program | Joliet Public School District 86 | 90.9% |
| Hufford Junior High School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 90.5% |
| Woodland Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 90.5% |
| Dirksen Junior High School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 90.4% |
| Gompers Junior High School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 90.1% |
| M.J. Cunningham Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 89.6% |
| T.E. Culbertson Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 85.8% |
| Taft Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 85.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 79% |
| Forest Park Individual Education School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 76.6% |
| Eisenhower Academy | Joliet Public School District 86 | 23% |
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