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In 2023-24 school year, 80.7% of Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 students failed ELA portion of IAR

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In the 2023-24 school year, 80.7% of Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 students failed the ELA 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 ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 19.2% who did.

The total number Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 4.5% from the previous school year.

Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Markham.

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.

Cook's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%88%70%87%70%85%65%81%59%Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Nob Hill Elementary SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14491.3%
Mae Jemison SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14489.2%
Chateaux SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14488.5%
Highlands Elementary SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14488%
Markham Park Elementary SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14487.8%
Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14476.4%
Fieldcrest Elementary SchoolPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 14470.4%

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