Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
That's according to an analysis from Kendall County Times of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 75.8% of Kendall County's 2,763 public high school students—approximately 2,094 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.
Newark Community High School (94.7%), Plano High School (88.1%), and Oswego High School (79.1%) had the highest failure rate in Kendall County, and Yorkville High School had the lowest (74.1%) and Oswego East High School (70%).
No high school in Kendall County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 74% in the 2022-23 school year to 75.8% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at three Kendall County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Newark Community High School, where the rate jumped from 69.4% to 94.7%.
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.
Yorkville High School and Plainfield South High School were the only Kendall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Community High School | 38 | 69.4% | 94.7% |
| Plano High School | 210 | 88% | 88.1% |
| Oswego High School | 708 | 76% | 79.1% |
| Plainfield South High School | 593 | 76.5% | 74.2% |
| Yorkville High School | 533 | 77.6% | 74.1% |
| Oswego East High School | 681 | 64% | 70% |
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