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Did Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 students fail or pass their 2023-24 math tests?

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Jerry Butcher Principal | Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170

Jerry Butcher Principal | Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170

In the 2023-24 school year, 90.9% of Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 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 9.2% who did.

The total number Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 students who failed their math assessments grew by 6.4% from the previous school year.

Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 roughly covers schools within McDonough County and has a main office in Bushnell.

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.

McDonough's Students Failure Rates in Math Over 4 Years

20212022202320240%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%90%75%89%74%84%73%91%72%Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170Illinois
Students who Didn't Meet Academic Standards in math During 2023-24 school year
SchoolDistrictStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary SchoolBushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 17092.6%
Bushnell-Prairie City Junior High SchoolBushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 17089%

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