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Analysis: 81.1 percent of Livingston County public high school students failed 2022 state Math exam

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More than 8 in 10 Livingston County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.

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

ISBE reports that last year, 81.1 percent of Livingston County's 419 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.

Flanagan-Cornell High School (92.9 percent), Dwight High School (87.3 percent), and Tri-Point High School (86.6 percent) had the highest failure rates in Livingston County. Prairie Central High School (79.6 percent) and Pontiac High School (76.1 percent) had the lowest.

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

County-wide, Math test failure rates rose from 73.3 percent in 2019 to 81.1 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at five Livingston County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Dwight High School (87.3 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).

No Livingston County high schools saw 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 Livingston County High Schools in 2022

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Flanagan-Cornell High School2892.8%88.1%92.9%
Dwight High School5560%79.2%87.3%
Tri-Point High School3080.8%82.8%86.6%
Woodland High School3574.4%70.2%85.7%
Prairie Central High School10871.1%79.3%79.6%
Pontiac High School16374.4%74.9%76.1%

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