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 ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 23.1% who did.
The total number Joliet Public School District 86 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 4.9% 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.
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 94% |
| Edna Keith Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 92.9% |
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 92.3% |
| Woodland Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 87.8% |
| Pershing Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 86.8% |
| M.J. Cunningham Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 86.3% |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 86.1% |
| A.O. Marshall Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 85.3% |
| Farragut Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 85.1% |
| Taft Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 81% |
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 81% |
| Washington Junior High and Academy Program | Joliet Public School District 86 | 79.1% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 79% |
| T.E. Culbertson Elementary School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 77.4% |
| Hufford Junior High School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 70.5% |
| Dirksen Junior High School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 69.5% |
| Gompers Junior High School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 68.3% |
| Forest Park Individual Education School | Joliet Public School District 86 | 58.4% |
| Eisenhower Academy | Joliet Public School District 86 | 20% |
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