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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Did ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year ELA tests?

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In the 2023-24 school year, 34.9% of the students in ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 238 students in ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 83 (34.9%) passed.

The percentage of ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR decreased by 10.8% compared to the previous school year.

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 roughly covers two schools within Knox County and has a main office in Oneida.

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.

Students Who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in ELA During 2023-24 School Year
SchoolDistrictStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
ROWVA Junior/Senior High SchoolROWVA Community Unit School District 20837.2%1.3%
ROWVA Elementary SchoolROWVA Community Unit School District 20831.3%1.9%

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