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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

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

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Nearly 7 in 10 Washington 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, 69.4 percent of Washington County's 144 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.

Out of the two Washington County schools, Nashville Community High School (72.8 percent) had the highest failure rate in the county. Okawville Junior/Senior High School (62.2 percent) had the lowest.

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

County-wide, Math test failure rates fell from 69.9 percent in 2019 to 69.4 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at Nashville Community High School in 2022, from 70.9 percent to 72.8 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).

Okawville Junior/Senior High School were the only Washington County high schools to see 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 Washington County High Schools in 2022

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Nashville Community High School9970.9%88.1%72.8%
Okawville Junior/Senior High School4566.6%66.6%62.2%

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