Eisenhower High School Principal Sergio Reyna (2023) | Eisenhower High School
Eisenhower High School Principal Sergio Reyna (2023) | Eisenhower High School
That's according to an analysis from Macon Reporter of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 87.4% of Macon County's 840 public high school students—approximately 734 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.
Eisenhower High School (98.4%), MacArthur High School (95%), and Warrensburg-Latham High School (88.6%) had the highest failure rate in Macon County, and Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School (75.6%) and Mt. Zion High School (73.1%) had the lowest.
No high school in Macon County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 84% in the 2022-23 school year to 87.4% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at three Macon County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Mt. Zion High School, where the rate jumped from 59.5% to 73.1%.
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.
Meridian High School were the only Macon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower High School | 192 | 95.6% | 98.4% |
| MacArthur High School | 238 | 95.3% | 95% |
| Warrensburg-Latham High School | 79 | 89.1% | 88.6% |
| Meridian High School | 70 | 86.5% | 80% |
| Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School | 86 | 70.7% | 75.6% |
| Mt. Zion High School | 175 | 59.5% | 73.1% |
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