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Did Indian Prairie School District 204 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year Math tests?

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

In the 2023-24 school year, 53.1% of the students in Indian Prairie School District 204 passed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 11,371 students in Indian Prairie School District 204 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 6,038 (53.1%) passed.

The percentage of Indian Prairie School District 204 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 0.1% compared to the previous school year.

Indian Prairie School District 204 roughly covers 31 schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Aurora.

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.

Recent IAR data shows that while Illinois students improved slightly in the test, math performance remains below pre-pandemic levels. In 2024, 28.4% of students met math benchmarks, compared to 31.8% in 2019. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity. 

The disparities were even more pronounced in math. White students achieved a proficiency rate of 38.7%, while Black students achieved 9.1% and Hispanic students 15.6%. Asian students achieved the highest proficiency rates in both subjects, hitting 68.2% in ELA and 61.4% in math.

Students Who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Math During 2023-24 School Year
SchoolDistrictStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
Wayne Builta Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20456.2%16%
Patterson Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20450%15%
Robert Clow Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20449.4%12.8%
Spring Brook Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20448.3%20.2%
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20447.7%20.9%
Fry Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20447.5%24.4%
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20447.1%17%
Gordon Gregory Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20443.2%22.3%
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20442.6%17.7%
V. Blanche Graham Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20442.2%26.7%
Nancy Young Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20442.1%10.4%
May Watts Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20441.5%9.6%
Reba O. Steck Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20441.2%12.2%
Clifford Crone Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20439.7%22%
Scullen Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20439.5%23.1%
White Eagle Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20438.7%13.3%
Owen Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20438.1%13.3%
Arlene Welch Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20437.5%11.2%
Still Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20437.5%18.6%
Francis Granger Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20436.2%17.7%
Peter M. Gombert Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20435.1%10.7%
Brookdale Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20434.8%9.6%
Thayer J. Hill Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20434.1%11.3%
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20429.6%9%
Fischer Middle SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20424.3%4.6%
Longwood Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20416.9%0%
McCarty Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20415.2%0.4%
Georgetown Elementary SchoolIndian Prairie School District 20415%1.3%

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