In the 2023-24 school year, 55.6% of Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 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 44.4% who did.
The total number Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 1.4% from the previous school year.
Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Macon County and has a main office in Mount Zion.
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Zion Elementary School | Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 | 58.8% |
| Mt. Zion Intermediate School | Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 | 57.2% |
| Mt. Zion Junior High School | Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 | 51.9% |
