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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Did Anna Community Consolidated School District 37 students fail or pass their 2023-24 ELA tests?

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

In the 2023-24 school year, 52.2% of Anna Community Consolidated School District 37 students failed the ELA 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 ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 47.7% who did.

The total number Anna Community Consolidated School District 37 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 17.9% from the previous school year.

Anna Community Consolidated School District 37 roughly covers schools within Union County and has a main office in Anna.

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.

Union's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%66%70%65%70%70%65%52%59%Anna Community Consolidated School District 37Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Davie Elementary SchoolAnna Community Consolidated School District 3771.6%
Anna Junior High SchoolAnna Community Consolidated School District 3742.7%

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