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Test results show 18.3% of Jefferson County students passed the Mathematics portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of Jefferson County students who succeeded rose by 21.7% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 44.1% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

The IAR measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing in meeting the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards set by Illinois.

Based on their reading scores on the NAEP, public school students from Illinois managed to stay relatively on par with the national level, according to the National Center for Education and Statistics.

Assessment participation rates in 2023 are at or above the 95% testing threshold, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Farrington Elementary School	41.9%	3.2%	52
Summersville Grade School	39.2%	11.1%	280
McClellan Elementary School	32.3%	6.5%	57
Grand Prairie Elementary School	30.4%	0%	88
Woodlawn Grade School	29.4%	1%	315
Spring Garden Elementary School	25.5%	2%	131
Bethel Grade School	25.3%	4.6%	154
Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School	23.2%	2.1%	140
Bluford Grade School	17.3%	2.7%	261
Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School	14.8%	0.9%	366
Waltonville Grade School	14.4%	0%	199
Field Elementary School	11.9%	1.7%	246
Spring Garden Middle School	10.6%	1.1%	98
Dr. Nick Osborne Primary Center	10.3%	0%	627
Zadok Casey Middle School	6.7%	0%	425
J.L. Buford Intermediate Education Center	6%	0%	255