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Did Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year ELA tests?

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Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com

Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com

In the 2023-24 school year, 39.4% of the students in Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 660 students in Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 260 (39.4%) passed.

The percentage of Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR decreased by 1.5% compared to the previous school year.

Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 roughly covers three schools within McHenry County and has a main office in Marengo.

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 ELA During 2023-24 School Year
SchoolDistrictStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
Marengo Community Middle SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16537.9%5%
Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16533.3%2.7%
Locust Elementary SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16532.2%4.1%

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