Galesburg Reporter

In the 2023-24 school year, 54.1% of the students in Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 359 students in Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 194 (54.1%) passed.

The percentage of Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 13.2% compared to the previous school year.

Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 roughly covers four schools within Knox County and has a main office in Abingdon.

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.

School	District	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)
Abingdon-Avon Middle School	Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276	48.4%	12.4%
Hedding Grade School	Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276	42.8%	4%