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

By NW Illinois News

Mar 17, 2023

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

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

ISBE reports that last year, 73.4 percent of Carroll County's 124 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 three Carroll County schools, West Carroll High School (80.5 percent) had the highest failure rate in the county. Eastland Junior/Senior High School (67.4 percent) had the lowest.

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

County-wide, Math test failure rates fell from 74.6 percent in 2019 to 73.4 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at Eastland Junior/Senior High School in 2022, from 49.1 percent to 67.4 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).

Milledgeville High School and West Carroll High School were the only Carroll 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 Carroll County High Schools in 2022