This is the second year that Transitional Kindergarten has been offered in District 86. The class size if 15 students with a teacher and one paraprofessional. This allows for more intensive interventions and smaller student to adult ratio. During the first year of TK, data allows us to drive decisions to best help students prepare for Kindergarten. Data from 2024-2025:
Class Average in August 2024
Number Identification - 2/10
Lowercase Letter Identification - 4/26
Uppercase Letter Identification - 6/26
Class growth from October-December 2024 average
Number Identification - 32%
Lowercase Letter Identification - 34%
Uppercase Letter Identification - 39%
Class growth from December-March 2024 average
Number Identification - 29%
Lowercase Letter Identification - 34%
Uppercase Letter Identification - 15%
Out of the 9 students that their family denied TK, 5 of those students were retained in Kindergarten, and 3 were evaluated for special education services.
Of the 15 students in TK, only 1 was evaluated for special education services.
iReady Data from Fall 2025 for students who were in TK during the 2024-2025 School Year
i-Ready Reading- Avg. 74.2% with 4 students >90%Â
i-Ready Math- Avg. 60.8% with 2 students >80%