Test Scores Up At 3 Burr Ridge Districts

BURR RIDGE, IL – Burr Ridge's three school districts generally saw increased test scores last school year, according to data that the state released this week.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness has been given annually to third through eighth graders since 2019 (2020 excluded).

The three local systems are Burr Ridge District 180, Gower District 62 and Pleasantdale District 107.

Last school year, the districts generally saw their highest percentages of students meeting or exceeding state standards on the assessment's two sections – English language arts and math – since schools started taking the test in 2019.

The one exception was Gower, where the rate of students meeting the state's benchmark in math was slightly under the 2019 number.

The Gower and Pleasantdale districts are wealthier than most around the state, with the percentages of low-income students in the teens. By contrast, Burr Ridge District 180 had an unusually high percentage of low-income students, at 68 percent.

The newly released data is on the Illinois Report Card website.

Here are the percentages of students meeting or exceeding state standards on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness over the last few years:

BURR RIDGE 180

English language arts
2024 30%
2023 18%
2022 16%
2021 22%
2019 21%

Math
2024 28%
2023 27%
2022 16%
2021 17%
2019 17%

GOWER 62

English language arts
2024 73%
2023 69%
2022 61%
2021 60%
2019 63%

Math
2024 56%
2023 55%
2022 54%
2021 57%
2019 59%

PLEASANTDALE 107

English language arts
2024 72%
2023 70%
2022 60%
2021 60%
2019 60%

Math
2024 63%
2023 62%
2022 61%
2021 57%
2019 59%

Source: Illinois Report Card