Quantcast

Dupage Policy Journal

Monday, November 4, 2024

Analysis: 71.5 percent of students in Kane County schools failed state Math exam in 2022

Scores23

More than 7 in 10 Kane County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.

That's according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE reports that last year, 71.5 percent of Kane County's 8,608 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.

Larkin High School (93.1 percent), East High School (92.3 percent), and Elgin High School (86.8 percent) had the highest failure rates in Kane County. Geneva Community High School (45.6 percent) and Saint Charles North High School (42.6 percent) had the lowest.

Of 16 Kane County high schools, only four schools -- Saint Charles East High School, Central High School, Geneva Community High School, and Saint Charles North High School had passing rates of more than 50 percent.

County-wide, Math test failure rates rose from 64.8 percent in 2019 to 71.5 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at 14 Kane County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Hampshire High School (67.2 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).

Saint Charles East High School and Central High School were the only Kane 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 Kane County High Schools in 2022

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Larkin High School47786.1%91.1%93.1%
East High School97486%91.8%92.3%
Elgin High School59182.6%85%86.8%
Dundee-Crown High School62475.7%80%83.8%
West Aurora High School86480.6%79.9%82.8%
Streamwood High School45076.8%81.6%81.7%
Bartlett High School52768.4%68.2%74%
South Elgin High School66264.9%67.1%70.1%
Hampshire High School48750.8%69%67.2%
Harry D. Jacobs High School49352.6%67.9%64.5%
Kaneland Senior High School30557.1%65.5%61.6%
Batavia Senior High School46742.1%50.7%50.1%
Saint Charles East High School51349.5%47.6%48%
Central High School30449.8%52.7%47.4%
Geneva Community High School39935.5%44.7%45.6%
Saint Charles North High School47133.3%45.5%42.6%

MORE NEWS