That's according to a Rock Island Today analysis of 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that last year, 70.7 percent of Henry County's 563 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.
Kewanee High School (90.1 percent), Alwood Middle/High School (83.4 percent), and Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School (83.3 percent) had the highest failure rates in Henry County. Geneseo High School (61.4 percent) and Orion High School (53.1 percent) had the lowest.
No Henry County high schools had a passing rate of more than 50 percent of students.
County-wide, Math test failure rates fell from 72.6 percent in 2019 to 70.7 percent in 2022.
The failure rate increased at three Henry County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Annawan High School (78.6 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).
Galva Junior/Senior High School and Cambridge Junior/Senior High School were the only Henry 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.”
| High School | # of Students | Failing % in 2019 | Failing % in 2021 | Failing % in 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewanee High School | 122 | 89.7% | 93.7% | 90.1% |
| Alwood Middle/High School | 18 | 80.9% | 80% | 83.4% |
| Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School | 30 | 83.7% | 86.1% | 83.3% |
| Annawan High School | 28 | 56% | 77.3% | 78.6% |
| Cambridge Junior/Senior High School | 35 | 83.3% | 84.4% | 77.1% |
| Galva Junior/Senior High School | 26 | 85.4% | 91.6% | 73.1% |
| Geneseo High School | 225 | 65.4% | 64.9% | 61.4% |
| Orion High School | 79 | 51.3% | 59.8% | 53.1% |
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