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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

How many students failed their Math exams in Christian County in 2022?

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More than 8 in 10 Christian County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.

That's according to a South Central Reporter analysis of 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE reports that last year, 84.5 percent of Christian County's 329 public high school 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.

Morrisonville High School (100 percent) and South Fork Junior Senior High School (100 percent) had the highest failure rates in Christian County. Pana Senior High School (87.5 percent) and Taylorville Senior High School (77.1 percent) had the lowest.

No Christian County high schools had a passing rate of more than 50 percent of students.

County-wide, Math test failure rates rose from 79.7 percent in 2019 to 84.5 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at four Christian County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Morrisonville High School (100 percent).

Failure rates rose the most in Coles County (82.7 percent), Mercer County (83.5 percent), Pope County (89.8 percent), Union County (91.3 percent), and Henderson County (92.2 percent).

No Christian County high schools saw Math scores improve between 2019 and 2022.

Statewide, 70 percent of Illinois students failed the 2022 state Math exam, up from 64 percent in 2019.

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.”

Math Failure Rates in Christian County High Schools in 2022

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Morrisonville High School2180%78.6%100%
South Fork Junior Senior High School1999.7%92%100%
Edinburg High School2795.6%92.3%96.3%
Pana Senior High School9680.7%82.5%87.5%
Taylorville Senior High School16676.2%87.3%77.1%

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