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Did Summit School District 104 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year Math tests?

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Rachel Garcia, Board Vice President | Summit School District 104

Rachel Garcia, Board Vice President | Summit School District 104

In the 2023-24 school year, 15.4% of the students in Summit School District 104 passed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 881 students in Summit School District 104 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 136 (15.4%) passed.

The percentage of Summit School District 104 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 4% compared to the previous school year.

Summit School District 104 roughly covers five schools within Cook County and has a main office in Summit.

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.

Students Who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Math During 2023-24 School Year
SchoolDistrictStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
Walker Elementary SchoolSummit School District 10418%1.6%
Walsh Elementary SchoolSummit School District 10416.7%1.4%
Otis P. Graves Elementary SchoolSummit School District 10410.1%0.6%
Dr. Donald Wharton Elementary SchoolSummit School District 1043.3%0%

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