Jennifer Mitchell Principal of East High School | Official Website
Jennifer Mitchell Principal of East High School | Official Website
That's according to an analysis from Kane County Reporter of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 73% of Kane County's 5,984 public high school students—approximately 4,368 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.
East High School (93.3%), Dundee-Crown High School (85.3%), and West Aurora High School (83.8%) had the highest failure rate in Kane County, and Batavia Senior High School (52.2%) and Saint Charles North High School (44.2%) had the lowest.
Out of the 11 high schools in Kane County, only one school had a passing rate above 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 71.8% in the 2022-23 school year to 73% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at four Kane County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Central High School, where the rate jumped from 60.7% to 72.5%.
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.
Batavia Senior High School and Saint Charles North High School were the only Kane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East High School | 935 | 93.7% | 93.3% |
| Dundee-Crown High School | 639 | 85.7% | 85.3% |
| West Aurora High School | 871 | 83.7% | 83.8% |
| South Elgin High School | 685 | 75.3% | 79.3% |
| Central High School | 345 | 60.7% | 72.5% |
| Hampshire High School | 459 | 68.4% | 70.8% |
| Kaneland Senior High School | 300 | 63.4% | 69.3% |
| Saint Charles East High School | 479 | 56.2% | 55.1% |
| Geneva Community High School | 406 | 52.5% | 52.9% |
| Batavia Senior High School | 402 | 58.2% | 52.2% |
| Saint Charles North High School | 463 | 47.9% | 44.2% |
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