Kewanee High School Principal Rebecca Baney (2023) | Kewanee High School
Kewanee High School Principal Rebecca Baney (2023) | Kewanee High School
That's according to an analysis from Rock Island Today of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 74.4% of Henry County's 532 public high school students—approximately 395 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.
Alwood Middle/High School (96%), Kewanee High School (92.6%), and Galva Junior/Senior High School (85.3%) had the highest failure rate in Henry County, and Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School (54.9%) and Orion High School (49.3%) had the lowest.
Out of the eight high schools in Henry County, only one school had a passing rate above 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates fell from 76.2% in the 2022-23 school year to 74.4% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at three Henry County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Galva Junior/Senior High School, where the rate jumped from 75.9% to 85.3%.
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.
Annawan High School and Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School were the only Henry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alwood Middle/High School | 25 | 96.8% | 96% |
| Kewanee High School | 135 | 90.8% | 92.6% |
| Galva Junior/Senior High School | 34 | 75.9% | 85.3% |
| Cambridge Junior/Senior High School | 29 | 78.5% | 72.4% |
| Geneseo High School | 188 | 67.7% | 71.3% |
| Annawan High School | 25 | 87.6% | 56% |
| Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School | 31 | 68.4% | 54.9% |
| Orion High School | 65 | 62% | 49.3% |
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