In the 2023-24 school year, 59.5% of Porta Community Unit School District 202 students failed the ELA 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 ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 40.5% who did.

The total number Porta Community Unit School District 202 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 16.7% from the previous school year.

Porta Community Unit School District 202 roughly covers schools within Menard County and has a main office in Petersburg.

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

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