Windsor Junior and Senior High School Principal Mr. Bart Wiedman (2023) | Windsor Junior and Senior High School
Windsor Junior and Senior High School Principal Mr. Bart Wiedman (2023) | Windsor Junior and Senior High School
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, 72.4% of Shelby County's 192 public high school students—approximately 139 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.
Central A&M High School (95.9%) and Windsor Junior and Senior High School (92.3%) had the highest failure rate in Shelby County, and Stewardson-Strasburg High School (61.3%) and Shelbyville High School (59.8%) had the lowest.
No high school in Shelby County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates fell from 79.8% in the 2022-23 school year to 72.4% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at two Shelby County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Windsor Junior and Senior High School, where the rate jumped from 90% to 92.3%.
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.
Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School and Stewardson-Strasburg High School were the only Shelby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central A&M High School | 48 | 94.9% | 95.9% |
| Windsor Junior and Senior High School | 13 | 90% | 92.3% |
| Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School | 28 | 95.5% | 67.9% |
| Stewardson-Strasburg High School | 31 | 71% | 61.3% |
| Shelbyville High School | 72 | 67.1% | 59.8% |
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