Analysis: 84.3% of black DuPage County third graders failed state English exam in 2021
The 2021 state English exam was taken by 350 black third grade students in DuPage County.
The 2021 state English exam was taken by 350 black third grade students in DuPage County.
Across Illinois, 520 school districts have decided not to teach the updated and “obscene” sex ed curriculum.
There were two students suspended in Maercker School District 60 in a single school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Schools among DuPage County had the 72nd highest truancy rate of 6.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Enrollment at Maercker School District 60 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In Maercker School District 60, 44.2% of students identified as white in the 2021-22 school year.
In DuPage County districts, 9,003 Black students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Maercker School District 60 welcomed 1,307 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In DuPage County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In DuPage County districts, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2021-22 school year, 47.3% of Maercker School District 60 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Indian Prairie School District 204 stood out in DuPage County with 25,632 students enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 43% of Maercker School District 60 students passed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Out of the 61,721 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 55% failed the ELA portion of the test.
Out of the 61,644 students who took the IAR in the 2021-22 school year, 57.6% failed the Mathematics portion of the test.