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Friday, May 16, 2025

Did Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 students fail or pass their 2023-24 ELA tests?

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

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

In the 2023-24 school year, 60.6% of Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 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 39.4% who did.

The total number Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 0.3% from the previous school year.

Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 roughly covers 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.

McHenry's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%72%70%74%70%61%65%61%59%Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16564%
Locust Elementary SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16563.7%
Marengo Community Middle SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16557.1%

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