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Did Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year Math tests?

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Aaron Martin Board Vice President | Waukegan Community Unit School District 60

Aaron Martin Board Vice President | Waukegan Community Unit School District 60

In the 2023-24 school year, 10.8% of the students in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 passed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 5,692 students in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 615 (10.8%) passed.

The percentage of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 0.2% compared to the previous school year.

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 roughly covers 21 schools within Lake County and has a main office in Waukegan.

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 (%)
Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6029.2%4.8%
Greenwood Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6027.8%3.2%
Little Fort Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6026.5%1.7%
John S. Clark Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6026.1%3.5%
H.R. McCall Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6023.8%1.2%
Hyde Park Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6014.8%0%
Washington Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6014.3%1.1%
Glenwood Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6012%1.1%
John R. Lewis Middle SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 6011.3%1.6%
Glen Flora Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 608.9%0%
Carman-Buckner Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 608.6%1%
Lyon Magnet Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 608.1%0.4%
North Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 607.7%0%
Oakdale Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 606.7%0%
Whittier Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 606%0.5%
Edith M. Smith Middle SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 605.5%0.2%
Jack Benny Middle SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 605.3%0.4%
Clearview Elementary SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 605.1%0%
Robert E. Abbott Middle SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 604.5%0.2%
Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolWaukegan Community Unit School District 602.4%0%

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