In the 2023-24 school year, 27.5% of the students in Brown County Community Unit School District 1 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 88.9% of Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 28.9% of the students in Southeastern Community Unit School District 337 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 89.7% of Waverly Community Unit School District 6 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were four offenders living in McDonough County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by West Central Reporter.