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In 2023-24 school year, 90.9% of Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 students failed math portion of IAR

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Denise Wilcox Superintendent | Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3

Denise Wilcox Superintendent | Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3

In the 2023-24 school year, 90.9% of Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 students failed the math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

These students did not meet the required standards of the math portion of the IAR compared to the 9.1% who did.

The total number Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 students who failed their math assessments fell by 0.9% from the previous school year.

Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Beach Park.

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.

Lake's Students Failure Rates in Math Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%90%75%91%74%92%73%91%72%Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Howe Elementary SchoolBeach Park Community Consolidated School District 393%
Beach Park Middle SchoolBeach Park Community Consolidated School District 392.5%
Kenneth Murphy SchoolBeach Park Community Consolidated School District 390.6%
Oak Crest SchoolBeach Park Community Consolidated School District 387.6%
Newport Elementary SchoolBeach Park Community Consolidated School District 384.3%

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