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

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Nearly 9 in 10 Saline County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.

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

ISBE reports that last year, 87.8 percent of Saline County's 246 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.

Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School (95.9 percent) had the highest failure rates in Saline County. Galatia High School (80.6 percent) had the lowest.

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

County-wide, Math test failure rates fell from 90.1 percent in 2019 to 87.8 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at two Saline County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School (95.9 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).

Harrisburg High School and Eldorado High School were the only Saline 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 Saline County High Schools in 2022

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School2486.7%91.7%95.9%
Eldorado High School6391.8%91.5%88.9%
Harrisburg High School12391.9%95.3%87.8%
Galatia High School3680%92%80.6%

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