West Cook News

In the 2023-24 school year, 46.4% of the students in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 1,116 students in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 518 (46.4%) passed.

The percentage of Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 5% compared to the previous school year.

Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 roughly covers four schools within Cook County and has a main office in Elmwood Park.

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 (%)
Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	40.3%	12.7%
Elmwood Elementary School	Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	37.5%	5.1%
John Mills Elementary School	Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	29.8%	7.1%