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What tradition at Springfield High School should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
N/A
State avg 51.0%
District avg 34.2%
County avg 48.2%
District avg 34.2%
County avg 48.2%
Test scores
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IAR + ISA + HS Assessment, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient (Levels 4-5).Mathematics
N/A
State avg 37.9%
District avg 21.1%
County avg 33.5%
District avg 21.1%
County avg 33.5%
Science
N/A
State avg 40.3%
District avg 27.4%
County avg 37.4%
District avg 27.4%
County avg 37.4%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
2-year history
All grades, all students. Springfield Illinois avgScience
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | N/A | 27.4% | 37.4% | 40.3% |
| SY 2023-24 | 51.8% | 39.7% | 49.3% | 50.9% |
Recent discussions
From the Springfield High School community.How to read these scores
What is IAR + ISA + HS Assessment?
Illinois public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in English Language Arts and Math each spring. The Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is administered at grades 5, 8, and 11. High school students take the SAT (or PreACT in current administrations) as the state accountability assessment.
What does "% Proficient (Levels 4-5)" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at Level 4 ("Met Expectations") or Level 5 ("Exceeded Expectations") on the IAR 5-level scale. Levels 4 and 5 signal the student is performing at grade level or above. A higher number is better.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Illinois, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), Report Card Public Data Set. Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) for grades 3-8 ELA + Math, Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) at grades 5, 8, 11, plus the SAT / PreACT high-school assessment. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient" rate (Levels 4 + 5 on the IAR 5-level scale).
How often is it updated?
IAR + ISA + HS Assessment is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.