In the 2021-22 school year, 89% of Pope County Community 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, 89.7% of Egyptian Community Unit School District 5 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
There was one offender convicted of a crime involving drugs living in Pulaski County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Southern Illinois News.
In the 2021-22 school year, 14.7% of Hardin County Community Unit School District 1 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.