How many students failed their English exams in Edgar County in 2023-24 school year?

Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com

By East Central Reporter Reports

Dec 22, 2024

Nearly 8 in 10 Edgar County public students aren't at grade level based on their performance in the English portion of the 2023-24 SAT.

That's according to an analysis from East Central Reporter of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 77.4% of Edgar County's 199 public high school students failed the ELA 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.

Kansas High School had the highest failure rates in Edgar County in the 2023-24 school year (90.9%). Meanwhile, Shiloh High School had the lowest (74.3%).

Countywide, English test failure rates fell from 83.7% in the 2022-23 school year to 77.4% in the 2023-24 school year.

The failure rate rose in one Edgar County high school in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Kansas High School, where the failure rate rose by 14%, reaching 90.9% overall.

Data shows that the largest growth in failure rates occurred in Vermilion County, which increased by 20.8% to 89.7%; Clark County, which grew by 22% to 89.3%; Kendall County, which increased by 24.1% to 89.4%; Fayette County, which grew by 24.6% to 91.2%; and Shelby County, which increased by 27.3% to 92.3%.

Chrisman High School, Paris Cooperative High School, and Shiloh High School were the Edgar County high schools to see improvements between the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.

Statewide, 67.7% of Illinois students failed the 2023-24 school year state English exam, down from 68.4% 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."

ELA Failure Rates in Edgar County High Schools in the 2023-24 School Year