Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com
Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com
That's according to an analysis from Chambana Sun of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 69.8% of Champaign County's 1,714 public high school students—approximately 1,196 students—failed the math portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and have “minimal (or) incomplete understanding of the knowledge and skills relative to Illinois Learning Standards.”
Students can achieve four proficiencies in their subjects: partially met, approaching, meets, and exceeds standards. This report concludes students who partially met or approached the standards have failed in the subject.
Rantoul Township High School (95.4%), Heritage High School (95.1%), and Urbana High School (83.7%) had the highest failure rate in Champaign County, and Mahomet-Seymour High School (44.3%) and University of Illinois High School (1.7%) had the lowest.
Out of the 10 high schools in Champaign County, only two schools had a passing rate above 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 66.8% in the 2022-23 school year to 69.8% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at six Champaign County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Heritage High School, where the rate jumped from 84.7% to 95.1%.
Statewide, failure rates were highest in Bureau County, Christian County, Gallatin County, Schuyler County, and Hamilton County, where the percentage of students who failed the math exam were 82.4%, 91.6%, 93.4%, 93.6%, and 95.2%, respectively.
Fisher Junior/Senior High School and St. Joseph-Ogden High School were the only Champaign County high schools that saw math scores improve between the 2022-23 school year and the 2023-24 school year.
Data shows that 73.7% of Illinois students failed the 2023-24 school year state math exam, up from 73% in the 2022-23 school year.
The SAT test is administered to Illinois high school sophomores “to fulfill the requirement that students take an assessment for college and career readiness in order to receive a regular high school diploma.”
| High School | Student Count | Failure Rate in 2022-23 | Failure Rate in 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rantoul Township High School | 174 | 93.6% | 95.4% |
| Heritage High School | 41 | 84.7% | 95.1% |
| Urbana High School | 239 | 81.2% | 83.7% |
| Centennial High School | 337 | 72.8% | 79.5% |
| Central High School | 324 | 61.8% | 69.5% |
| Unity High School | 120 | 70.6% | 69.2% |
| Fisher Junior/Senior High School | 52 | 66.7% | 63.4% |
| St. Joseph-Ogden High School | 108 | 63.7% | 62.1% |
| Mahomet-Seymour High School | 260 | 42.1% | 44.3% |
| University of Illinois High School | 59 | 1.7% | 1.7% |
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