Peoria Standard

Test results show 37.2% of Peoria County students passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of Peoria County students who succeeded rose by 11.3% compared to the previous school year.

Woodford County had the highest success rate across the state, with 60.7% of its students passing the ELA portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 87.3% of students failing to meet test requirements.

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.

Recent IAR data shows that while Illinois students improved slightly in the test, math performance remains below pre-pandemic levels. In 2024, 28.4% of students met math benchmarks, compared to 31.8% in 2019. 

However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity. The disparities were even more pronounced in math. White students achieved a proficiency rate of 38.7%, while Black students achieved 9.1% and Hispanic students 15.6%. Asian students achieved the highest proficiency rates in both subjects, hitting 68.2% in ELA and 61.4% in math.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total enrollment
Washington Gifted School	61%	32.4%	292
Hickory Grove Elementary School	56%	12%	837
Princeville High School	55.2%	12.7%	330
Dunlap Valley Middle School	52.7%	23.8%	581
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	52.1%	8.5%	144
Farmington Central Junior High School	51.2%	6.5%	250
Elmwood Elementary School	50.5%	0.5%	328
Monroe Elementary School	50.3%	5.8%	272
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	49.7%	7.3%	357
Chillicothe Junior High School	49.6%	17.1%	239
Ridgeview Elementary School	48.6%	9%	424
Banner Elementary School	48.5%	14.6%	392
Dunlap Grade School	46.7%	6.6%	252
Elmwood Junior High School	46.4%	17.5%	97
Illini Bluffs Middle School	46.4%	2.2%	182
Mossville Junior High	46.4%	10.4%	187
Dunlap Middle School	45.4%	30.6%	525
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	44.4%	1.2%	417
Norwood Elementary School	41.8%	8.5%	141
Brimfield Grade School	40.6%	10%	394
Oak Grove School	40.2%	0%	270
Limestone Walters Elementary School	39.5%	2.3%	177
Mossville Elementary School	39%	7.5%	409
South Elementary School	37.7%	2.6%	424
Kellar Primary School	36.6%	4.2%	348
Farmington Central Elementary School	35.8%	0.8%	621
Chillicothe Elementary Center	35.1%	3.9%	159
Princeville Elementary School	30.9%	2%	301
Northmoor Primary School	29%	5.6%	369
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	27.6%	0%	165
Pleasant Valley Middle School	27.5%	5.4%	181
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	27.2%	4.3%	282
Charter Oak Primary School	26.8%	6.5%	343
Peoria Heights Grade School	23.5%	0.4%	505
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	23.3%	2.3%	224
Rolling Acres Middle School	18.7%	0.3%	331
Mark W. Bills Middle School	18%	1.3%	252
Bartonville Elementary School	17.8%	0%	291
Von Steuben Middle School	16.8%	0%	219
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	16.5%	0%	398
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	13.8%	0%	317
Whittier Primary School	12.4%	0%	323
Hines Primary School	12.2%	0%	403
Norwood Primary School	9.5%	0%	212
Sterling Middle School	9.1%	0%	326
Franklin Primary School	8.5%	0.7%	344
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	8.3%	0%	389
Harrison Community Learning Center	7.7%	0%	575
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	6.9%	0%	617
Quest Charter School Academy	6.4%	0.5%	400
Trewyn Primary School	6%	0%	414
Lincoln School	4.3%	0.2%	741
Roosevelt Magnet School	2.2%	0%	587

Information in this story was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.