In the 2023-24 school year, 46.2% of Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 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 53.7% who did.
The total number Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 2% from the previous school year.
Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 roughly covers schools within Champaign County and has a main office in Royal.
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 did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Prairieview-Ogden South Elementary School | Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 | 64% |
| Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary School | Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 | 58.3% |
