In the 2021-22 school year, 94.7% of Buncombe Consolidated School District 43 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 98.3% of Cairo Unit School District 1 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 25.4% of Goreville Community Unit School District 1 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 27.3% of Vienna School District 55 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
There were eight offenders living in Union County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.
In the 2021-22 school year, 30.1% of Pope County Community Unit School District 1 students passed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.