In the 2023-24 school year, 43.5% of Glen Ellyn School District 41 students failed the math 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 math portion of the IAR compared to the 56.5% who did.
The total number Glen Ellyn School District 41 students who failed their math assessments grew by 1.7% from the previous school year.
Glen Ellyn School District 41 roughly covers schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Glen Ellyn.
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.
| School | District | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Churchill Elementary School | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | 70% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | 46% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | 40% |
| Hadley Junior High School | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | 38.2% |
| Forest Glen Elementary School | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | 36.5% |
