Did Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year ELA tests?

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By West Cook News

May 14, 2025

In the 2023-24 school year, 30% of the students in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,175 students in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 653 (30%) passed.

The percentage of Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 10.9% compared to the previous school year.

Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 roughly covers nine schools within Cook County and has a main office in Melrose 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.

Students Who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in ELA During 2023-24 School Year

School	District	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)
Jane Addams Elementary School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	36.9%	1.3%
Lincoln Elementary School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	34.6%	2.4%
Washington Dual Language Academy	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	34.3%	6%
Melrose Park Elementary School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	30.4%	1.7%
Roosevelt Elementary School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	29.8%	0.6%
Stevenson Middle School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	29.7%	2.8%
Emerson Elementary School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	25.8%	1.9%
Irving Middle School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	21.5%	1%
Garfield Elementary School	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	20.7%	1.2%