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In the 2023-24 school year, 32.4% of the students in Wabash Community Unit School District 348 passed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 575 students in Wabash Community Unit School District 348 who took the ELA portion of the test, approximately 186 (32.4%) passed.

The percentage of Wabash Community Unit School District 348 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 11.3% compared to the previous school year.

Wabash Community Unit School District 348 roughly covers four schools within Wabash County and has a main office in Mount Carmel.

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 (%)
Mt. Carmel Grade School	Wabash Community Unit School District 348	34%	2.4%
Mt. Carmel Junior High School	Wabash Community Unit School District 348	23.4%	1.5%