{"id":27623,"date":"2025-07-17T09:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=27623"},"modified":"2025-07-17T09:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:48:27","slug":"local-public-schools-hover-around-state-average-in-newly-released-ilearn-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/local-public-schools-hover-around-state-average-in-newly-released-ilearn-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"Local public schools hover around state average in newly-released ELA ILEARN scores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adams County schools finished ahead of the state average in most categories according to new information released by the Indiana Department of Education this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, combining all students tested in third through eighth grade, Adams Central led the way and was the only local district above the state average. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local parochial schools had similar scores overall. Wyneken Memorial Lutheran had a 38.1% proficiency rate, while St. Peter-Immanuel Lutheran’s score was 41.0%. St. Joseph Catholic School in Decatur was at 41.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD offers a breakdown of the numbers here, with state averages posted alongside the data from local school districts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade 3 ELA Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40.3% of students in the third grade in Indiana reached ELA proficiency. South Adams led the way locally with a 49%, while Adams Central was second with a 40.4%. North Adams had 37 of their 100 third graders reach proficiency. East Allen’s percentage was at 39.1%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade 4 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

41.4% of fourth graders in Indiana were listed as proficient in English-Language Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade 5 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The percentage of fifth-grade students reaching proficiency was 40.8% in Indiana in 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade 6 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixth Graders in Indiana finished with a 40.5% proficiency percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade 7 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The class with the lowest overall score in Indiana was the seventh grade with a 37.9% proficiency rating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade 8 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eighth graders across the Hoosier state had the highest rating in ELA scores with a 42.7% proficiency rating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adams County schools finished ahead of the state average in most categories according to new information released by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,21],"class_list":["post-27623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/generated_image-6.jpg?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27623"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27636,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27623\/revisions\/27636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}