Is This a Literacy Crisis?

for context, i am an australian at a public high school, and am easily the lowest ranking student in my ‘Advanced’ English class, which doesn’t surprise me, i spend most of my time in class writing poems or flipping through a paperback.

but when i speak to my classmates who don’t struggle with school and concentration, and get good marks, NONE OF THEM READ ANYTHING AT ALL! (barre a few who like manga comics or some worthless YA romance type of novel) and even my teachers are unaware of most literature beyond Orwell and stein-beck. Teachers who are unaware of Bataille, or Rimbaud, or even Burroughs. it really puzzles me. excuse me if this comes off as pretentious. Why does no one read?