Jacque Clermont Director of Community Relations | Official Website
Jacque Clermont Director of Community Relations | Official Website
The number of DuPage County students who succeeded rose by 13.5% compared to the previous school year.
Woodford County had the highest success rate across the state, with 60.7% of its students passing the ELA portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 87.3% of students failing to meet test requirements.
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.
Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.
DuPage County County Student's Proficiency in ELA Over 4 Years
DuPage County Schools Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in ELA Compared to Previous Years
| School | Students who met standards (%) | Students who exceed standards (%) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker School | 68.1% | 11.8% | 297 |
| Highland Elementary School | 63.9% | 8.2% | 346 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 63% | 1.4% | 192 |
| Clarendon Hills Middle School | 61.4% | 25.7% | 472 |
| Monroe Elementary School | 60.8% | 21.5% | 301 |
| Butler Junior High School | 60.6% | 26.7% | 181 |
| Emerson Elementary School | 60.4% | 12.2% | 428 |
| Elm Elementary School | 59.6% | 27% | 292 |
| Naper Elementary School | 58.8% | 12.4% | 235 |
| Washington Junior High School | 58.6% | 11.6% | 558 |
| Edison Middle School | 58.3% | 18.7% | 644 |
| Ranch View Elementary School | 58.2% | 12.5% | 587 |
| Prospect Elementary School | 58.2% | 23.6% | 311 |
| Arbor View Elementary School | 57.9% | 5.7% | 312 |
| Hillcrest Elementary School | 57.6% | 14.1% | 364 |
| F.E. Peacock Middle School | 57.5% | 19.2% | 310 |
| Highlands Elementary School | 57.2% | 20.5% | 516 |
| Mill Street Elementary School | 57% | 12.7% | 601 |
| Bryan Middle School | 56.9% | 16.5% | 688 |
| Roselle Middle School | 56.8% | 24.5% | 216 |
| Washington Elementary School | 56.7% | 10.4% | 373 |
| Wiesbrook Elementary School | 56.7% | 2% | 479 |
| Fairmount Elementary School | 56.3% | 15.5% | 298 |
| The Lane Elementary School | 56.3% | 21.8% | 336 |
| Benjamin Middle School | 56.2% | 6.6% | 244 |
| Prairie Elementary School | 56.2% | 13.2% | 499 |
| Belle Aire Elementary School | 55.9% | 15% | 230 |
| Lester Elementary School | 55.9% | 8.5% | 506 |
| Steeple Run Elementary School | 55% | 11.4% | 635 |
| Madison Elementary School | 54.9% | 20.7% | 353 |
| Sandburg Middle School | 54.8% | 24.2% | 622 |
| Lincoln Junior High School | 54.5% | 20.6% | 787 |
| Lakeview Junior High School | 54.3% | 11.3% | 368 |
| Herrick Middle School | 53.4% | 13.8% | 617 |
| Brook Forest Elementary School | 53.3% | 19% | 279 |
| Jackson Elementary School | 53.1% | 11% | 432 |
| Whittier Elementary School | 53.1% | 5.6% | 295 |
| Reba O. Steck Elementary School | 53.1% | 9% | 658 |
| Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School | 53% | 15.9% | 327 |
| Still Middle School | 52.7% | 17.8% | 702 |
| Jefferson Junior High School | 52.4% | 13.1% | 837 |
| Gower Middle School | 52.4% | 26.1% | 400 |
| Longfellow Elementary School | 52.2% | 19.7% | 326 |
| William F. Murphy Elementary School | 52% | 8.8% | 390 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 51.7% | 25.9% | 343 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 51.6% | 19.2% | 571 |
| Meadowview Elementary School | 51.4% | 9.4% | 403 |
| Oak Elementary School | 51.3% | 37.3% | 390 |
| Norton Creek Elementary School | 51.3% | 21.4% | 486 |
| Madison Elementary School | 51.2% | 19.2% | 371 |
| Madison Junior High School | 51.1% | 26.5% | 565 |
| Lisle Junior High School | 51.1% | 18.3% | 311 |
| Maplebrook Elementary School | 51.1% | 17.9% | 543 |
| Cass Junior High School | 50.9% | 15.6% | 327 |
| Medinah Middle School | 50.8% | 14.7% | 234 |
| John L. Sipley Elementary School | 50.5% | 13.8% | 386 |
| Elmwood Elementary School | 50.4% | 11.4% | 718 |
| Forest Glen Elementary School | 50.3% | 6.9% | 638 |
| Emerson Elementary School | 50.3% | 14% | 280 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 50.2% | 11.8% | 505 |
| Hubble Middle School | 50.2% | 8% | 667 |
| Centennial School | 50.2% | 9.8% | 506 |
| Whittier Elementary School | 49.7% | 13.2% | 416 |
| Monroe Middle School | 49.5% | 18.5% | 695 |
| Beebe Elementary School | 49.3% | 10.3% | 628 |
| O'Neill Middle School | 49.3% | 11.8% | 436 |
| Briar Glen Elementary School | 49.1% | 4.9% | 523 |
| Glen Crest Middle School | 49.1% | 13% | 696 |
| Erickson Elementary School | 49% | 10.8% | 448 |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 48.8% | 6.4% | 389 |
| Ellsworth Elementary School | 48.6% | 38.3% | 226 |
| Dujardin Elementary School | 48.5% | 9.2% | 359 |
| Franklin Middle School | 48.5% | 25.2% | 521 |
| Thomas Jefferson Junior High School | 48.5% | 23.3% | 554 |
| Kingsley Elementary School | 48.5% | 8.2% | 362 |
| Westview Hills Middle School | 48.4% | 7% | 450 |
| May Watts Elementary School | 48.4% | 4.3% | 604 |
| Ardmore Elementary School | 48.3% | 9.1% | 448 |
| Westmont Junior High School | 48.2% | 19.7% | 292 |
| White Eagle Elementary School | 48% | 8.6% | 575 |
| Westfield Elementary School | 48% | 7.3% | 312 |
| Scott Elementary School | 47.6% | 17% | 428 |
| Park View Elementary School | 47.6% | 8.1% | 202 |
| Field Elementary School | 47.5% | 22.1% | 422 |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School | 47.3% | 8.8% | 698 |
| John E. Albright Middle School | 47.2% | 10.3% | 198 |
| J.T. Manning Elementary School | 47.2% | 8.1% | 385 |
| Pierce Downer Elementary School | 47.2% | 2.1% | 338 |
| Lowell Elementary School | 47.2% | 9.8% | 275 |
| Owen Elementary School | 46.8% | 6.7% | 589 |
| Meadow Glens Elementary School | 46.5% | 39.8% | 492 |
| Gower West Elementary School | 46.3% | 16.5% | 529 |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | 46.1% | 6.7% | 553 |
| Lisle Elementary School | 46.1% | 8.3% | 763 |
| Winfield Central School | 45.7% | 4.6% | 214 |
| Edison Elementary School | 45.7% | 17.9% | 310 |
| Bower Elementary School | 45.6% | 16.5% | 425 |
| Pleasant Lane Elementary School | 45.4% | 4.2% | 247 |
| Thayer J. Hill Middle School | 45.1% | 12.1% | 775 |
| Nancy Young Elementary School | 45% | 5.7% | 608 |
| Park View Elementary School | 45% | 13.8% | 379 |
| Edgewood Elementary School | 44.7% | 7.1% | 315 |
| Francis Granger Middle School | 44.2% | 16.7% | 1,019 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 44.2% | 22.1% | 448 |
| Sycamore Trails Elementary School | 44.2% | 6.3% | 605 |
| Churchville Middle School | 44.2% | 15.8% | 487 |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School | 44.1% | 8.6% | 577 |
| Kennedy Junior High School | 44.1% | 42.8% | 911 |
| Willow Creek Elementary School | 44% | 7.7% | 327 |
| Lace Elementary School | 44% | 4.9% | 386 |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School | 43.9% | 3% | 519 |
| Westfield Middle School | 43.8% | 45.4% | 494 |
| Manor Hill Elementary School | 43% | 2.6% | 295 |
| Brookdale Elementary School | 43% | 8.3% | 464 |
| Jay Stream Middle School | 43% | 8.4% | 497 |
| Henry Puffer School | 42.6% | 4.9% | 338 |
| Spring Trail Elementary School | 42.5% | 12% | 409 |
| Eisenhower Junior High School | 42.4% | 4.5% | 413 |
| El Sierra Elementary School | 42.3% | 0.7% | 297 |
| Hadley Junior High School | 41.8% | 37.8% | 1,104 |
| Stella May Swartz Elementary School | 41.6% | 9.9% | 147 |
| Peter M. Gombert Elementary School | 41.5% | 3.9% | 401 |
| Fischer Middle School | 41.5% | 5.5% | 856 |
| Prairieview Elementary School | 40.9% | 4.2% | 361 |
| Spring Hills Elementary School | 40.9% | 1.6% | 459 |
| Maercker Elementary School | 40.6% | 8.3% | 453 |
| Westmore Elementary School | 40.3% | 6.1% | 401 |
| Wayne Elementary School | 40.1% | 5.3% | 348 |
| Glenn Westlake Middle School | 40% | 5.2% | 959 |
| Concord Elementary School | 39.9% | 11.7% | 450 |
| Butterfield Elementary School | 39.9% | 2.1% | 282 |
| Glenside Middle School | 39.6% | 9.1% | 761 |
| Heritage Lakes Elementary School | 39.2% | 2.6% | 294 |
| Goodrich Elementary School | 39.2% | 10.1% | 372 |
| Stratford Middle School | 39% | 6.7% | 566 |
| Wood Dale Junior High School | 38.6% | 6.9% | 273 |
| Indian Trail Elementary School | 38.6% | 4.4% | 343 |
| Winnebago Elementary School | 38.5% | 3.4% | 418 |
| William Hammerschmidt Elementary School | 38.4% | 1.5% | 380 |
| Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School | 38.1% | 6% | 553 |
| Clifford Johnson School | 37.8% | 9.1% | 456 |
| Prairieview Elementary School | 37.4% | 7.4% | 599 |
| Carol Stream Elementary School | 37.4% | 4.4% | 283 |
| Roy De Shane Elementary School | 36.1% | 4.1% | 242 |
| Madison Elementary School | 35.3% | 3.4% | 469 |
| Blackhawk Middle School | 35.1% | 8% | 661 |
| Cloverdale Elementary School | 34.8% | 3.6% | 560 |
| Evergreen Elementary School | 34.7% | 4.8% | 388 |
| Stone Elementary School | 34.7% | 8% | 454 |
| Glen Hill Primary School | 34.7% | 7.4% | 401 |
| Medinah Intermediate School | 34.3% | 2.3% | 203 |
| Marquardt Middle School | 33.9% | 2.8% | 770 |
| Western Trails Elementary School | 33.1% | 1.4% | 264 |
| Burr Ridge Middle School | 32.8% | 3.8% | 182 |
| Indian Trail Junior High School | 30.6% | 3.5% | 1,139 |
| Conrad Fischer Elementary School | 29.9% | 5% | 538 |
| Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School | 29.6% | 2.6% | 376 |
| North Elementary School | 29.5% | 1.2% | 400 |
| Churchill Elementary School | 29.4% | 4.5% | 641 |
| Jackson Middle School | 29.3% | 2.3% | 627 |
| York Center Elementary School | 29.1% | 0.9% | 151 |
| Horizon Elementary School | 29% | 3.3% | 499 |
| Jefferson Middle School | 27.7% | 6.2% | 393 |
| Reskin Elementary School | 27.2% | 4.1% | 424 |
| Tioga Elementary School | 26.8% | 4.5% | 737 |
| Wesley A. Johnson School | 26.7% | 3.9% | 624 |
| Gary Elementary School | 25.5% | 4.5% | 415 |
| Spring Wood Middle School | 25.5% | 2.9% | 435 |
| Leman Middle School | 25.2% | 1.7% | 1,079 |
| Westview Elementary School | 24.3% | 1.4% | 280 |
| Waterbury Elementary School | 23.7% | 3.1% | 410 |
| Schafer Elementary School | 22.1% | 1.5% | 364 |
| McCarty Elementary School | 21.9% | 1.3% | 457 |
| Greenbrook Elementary School | 21.9% | 0% | 401 |
| Georgetown Elementary School | 21.8% | 0.9% | 424 |
| Wesley Elementary School | 21.1% | 2.1% | 177 |
| Wegner Elementary School | 21.1% | 1.4% | 363 |
| Lake Park Elementary School | 20.9% | 0% | 242 |
| Turner Elementary School | 20.1% | 1.4% | 295 |
| Black Hawk Elementary School | 18.2% | 0.5% | 354 |
| Indian Knoll Elementary School | 18.1% | 1.6% | 295 |
| Longwood Elementary School | 18.1% | 1.3% | 341 |
| Fullerton Elementary School | 17.1% | 1.2% | 456 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 17% | 0% | 264 |
| Anne M. Jeans Elementary School | 16.5% | 0% | 295 |
| Currier Elementary School | 16.5% | 1.1% | 359 |
| Americana Intermediate School | 15.3% | 2.6% | 414 |
| Pioneer Elementary School | 15.2% | 4% | 340 |
| Ardmore Elementary School | 14.8% | 0.9% | 228 |
| Army Trail Elementary School | 13.6% | 0% | 269 |
| G. Stanley Hall Elementary School | 12.3% | 0% | 314 |
Information in this story was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Jackson Elementary School• Winnebago Elementary School• Scott Elementary School• Walker School• Oak Elementary School• Wesley A. Johnson School• Kingsley Elementary School• Fairmount Elementary School• Erickson Elementary School• Wegner Elementary School• Manor Hill Elementary School• Edison Elementary School• Emerson Elementary School• Willow Creek Elementary School• Tioga Elementary School• McCarty Elementary School• O'Neill Middle School• Monroe Elementary School• Meadow Glens Elementary School• Heritage Lakes Elementary School• White Eagle Elementary School• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School• Reskin Elementary School• Gower West Elementary School• John L. Sipley Elementary School• Westview Hills Middle School• Churchville Middle School• Ardmore Elementary School• Madison Elementary School• Clarendon Hills Middle School• Franklin Middle School• Prairie Elementary School• Prairieview Elementary School• North Elementary School• Medinah Middle School• Roy De Shane Elementary School• Gower Middle School• F.e. Peacock Middle School• Carl Sandburg Elementary School• York Center Elementary School• Ranch View Elementary School• Herrick Middle School• Carol Stream Elementary School• Butler Junior High School• Stone Elementary School• Still Middle School• Pleasant Hill Elementary School• Lowell Elementary School• Eisenhower Junior High School• William F. Murphy Elementary School• Stratford Middle School• Hadley Junior High School• Longfellow Elementary School• Westfield Elementary School• Ellsworth Elementary School• Belle Aire Elem School Beginning Band• Edgewood Elementary School• Westfield Middle School• Burr Ridge Middle School• Lisle Elementary School• Hillcrest Elementary School• Blackhawk Middle School• Washington Elementary School• El Sierra Elementary School Downers Grove Children's Choir• Mill Street Elementary School• Abraham Lincoln Elementary School• Western Trails Elementary School• Army Trail Elementary School• Anne M. Jeans Elementary School• Cloverdale Elementary School• Madison Elementary School• Westmore Elementary School• Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School• Roselle Middle School• Kennedy Junior High School• Glen Crest Middle School• Waterbury Elementary School• Pioneer Elementary School• Hawthorne Elementary School• Lakeview Junior High School• Washington Junior High School• Beebe Elementary School• Maplebrook Elementary School• Greenbrook Elementary School• Elmwood Elementary School• Lester Elementary School• Jefferson Middle School• Benjamin Middle School• Meadowview Elementary School• Naper Elementary School• The Lane Elementary School• Indian Trail Junior High School• Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School• Field Elementary School• Glenn Westlake Middle School• Madison Elementary School• Emerson Elementary School• Conrad Fischer Elementary School• Wiesbrook Elementary School• Pierce Downer Elementary School• Black Hawk Elementary School• Brook Forest Elementary School• Watts Elementary School• Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School• Wesley Elementary School• Goodrich Elementary School• Churchill Elementary School Enl• Westmont High School• Currier Elementary School• Park View Elementary School• Indian Knoll Elementary School• Lincoln Elementary School• John E Albright Middle School• Stella May Swartz Elementary School• Jefferson Jr High School• Briar Glen Elementary School• Wood Dale Junior High School• Francis Granger Middle School• Turner Elementary School• Elm Elementary School• Georgetown Elementary School• Thayer J. Hill Middle School• Gary Elementary School• Forest Glen Elementary School• Jackson Middle School• Lisle Junior High School• Indian Trail Elementary School• Steck Elementary School• Lincoln Junior High School• Lace Elementary School• Madison Junior High School• Gombert Elementary School• Cass Jr High School• Westview Elementary School• Lincoln Elementary School• Jay Stream Middle School• Sandburg Middle School• Lake Park Elementary School• Ardmore Elementary School Administration• Whittier Elementary School• Owen Elementary School• J.t. Manning Elementary School• Concord Elementary School• Highland Elementary School• Fischer Middle School• Butterfield Elementary School• Prospect Elementary School• Arbor View Elementary School• Winfield Central School• Schafer Elementary School• Pleasant Lane Elementary School• Monroe Middle School• Maercker School District 60• Glen Hill Primary School• Leman Middle School• Americana Intermediate School• Highlands Elementary School• Hawthorne Elementary School - Elmhurst• Fullerton Elementary School• Longwood Elementary School• Nancy Young Elementary School• Marquardt Middle School• Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School• Henry Puffer School• Spring Hills Elementary School• Clifford Johnson School• Park View Elementary School• Brooks Elementary School• Bryan Middle School• Edison Middle School• Evergreen Elementary School• G. Stanley Hall Elementary School• Steeple Run Elementary School• Spring Wood Middle School• Thomas Jefferson Junior High School• Glenside Middle School• Whittier Elementary School• Jefferson Elementary School• Medinah Intermediate School• Lincoln Elementary School• Dujardin Elementary School
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