Illinois Report Card

This year’s Illinois Report Card was released Monday. It’s an online education database on every K-12 school in Illinois. Peter Medlin reports on what this year’s report card shows for the state’s 3rd-largest school district: Rockford Public Schools.

In 2022, that was the case. RPS’ graduation rate was around 66% -- that’s more than 20% lower than the state average. It also highlights racial disparities riddled throughout the report card. Black students in Rockford have a graduation rate just above 50%.

State Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala says student growth slowed dramatically during the first years of the pandemic. But in 2022 it bounced back and student growth was -- on average -- even slightly faster than it was in 2019.

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