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Did Glen Ellyn School District 41 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year Math tests?

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Melissa Kaczkowski Superintendent at Glen Ellyn School District 41 | Official Website

Melissa Kaczkowski Superintendent at Glen Ellyn School District 41 | Official Website

In the 2023-24 school year, 56.5% of the students in Glen Ellyn School District 41 passed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,261 students in Glen Ellyn School District 41 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 1,277 (56.5%) passed.

The percentage of Glen Ellyn School District 41 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR decreased by 3.2% compared to the previous school year.

Glen Ellyn School District 41 roughly covers five 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.

Students Who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Math During 2023-24 School Year
SchoolDistrictStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
Forest Glen Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn School District 4154.2%9.4%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn School District 4150.8%9.1%
Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn School District 4145.2%8.7%
Hadley Junior High SchoolGlen Ellyn School District 4140.8%21%
Churchill Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn School District 4127.5%2.6%

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