Test Expectations: How many students met or exceeded ELA IAR expectations in DuPage County in 2023-24 school year?
By A. M. Epps
Test results show 55.7% of DuPage County students passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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.