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Test results show 23.1% of Whiteside County students passed the Mathematics portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of Whiteside County students who succeeded rose by 26.9% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County County had the highest success rate across the state, with 44.1% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 95.8% of students failing to meet test requirements.

The IAR measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing in meeting the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards set by Illinois.

Based on their reading scores on the NAEP, public school students from Illinois managed to stay relatively on par with the national level, according to the National Center for Education and Statistics.

Assessment participation rates in 2023 are at or above the 95% testing threshold, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Southside School	41.8%	4.6%	189
Prophetstown Elementary School	37.9%	0%	215
Erie Elementary School	32.9%	13.7%	246
Montmorency School	28.9%	2.2%	223
Erie Middle School	26.8%	1.6%	184
Fulton Elementary School	25.8%	3%	383
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Middle School	22.3%	0.6%	181
Rock Falls Middle School	20.9%	2.8%	255
East Coloma - Nelson Elementary School	20.4%	1.3%	231
Merrill Elementary School	19.8%	2.2%	227
Tampico Elementary School	19.5%	1.6%	159
River Bend Middle School	18%	0.5%	207
Washington Elementary School	17.8%	2%	397
Morrison Junior High School	17.2%	1.3%	231
Challand Middle School	17%	0.3%	714
Lincoln Elementary School	15%	1.6%	291