Dupage Policy Journal

In the 2023-24 school year, 63.2% of the students in Glen Ellyn School District 41 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,265 students in Glen Ellyn School District 41 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 1,431 (63.2%) passed.

The percentage of Glen Ellyn School District 41 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR decreased by 0.1% 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.

School	District	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)
Forest Glen Elementary School	Glen Ellyn School District 41	50.3%	6.9%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	Glen Ellyn School District 41	46.1%	6.7%
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Glen Ellyn School District 41	43.9%	3%
Hadley Junior High School	Glen Ellyn School District 41	41.8%	37.8%
Churchill Elementary School	Glen Ellyn School District 41	29.4%	4.5%