That's according to a Metro East Sun analysis of 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that last year, 73.8 percent of Madison County's 2,665 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.
Madison Senior High School (100 percent), Granite City High School (91.5 percent), and East Alton-Wood River High School (87.6 percent) had the highest failure rates in Madison County. Triad High School (61.2 percent) and Edwardsville High School (56.3 percent) had the lowest.
No Madison County high schools had a passing rate of more than 50 percent of students.
County-wide, Math test failure rates rose from 70.6 percent in 2019 to 73.8 percent in 2022.
The failure rate increased at eight Madison County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Granite City High School (91.5 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).
Civic Memorial High School were the only Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Senior High School | 31 | 95.6% | 100% | 100% |
| Granite City High School | 390 | 82.5% | 89.8% | 91.5% |
| East Alton-Wood River High School | 113 | 87.2% | 92.3% | 87.6% |
| Roxana Senior High School | 119 | 82.8% | 87.4% | 84% |
| Civic Memorial High School | 185 | 83.2% | 83.2% | 80% |
| Collinsville High School | 400 | 77.6% | 83.5% | 78.3% |
| Alton High School | 410 | 70.2% | 79.4% | 75.3% |
| Highland High School | 199 | 64.6% | 60.5% | 67.9% |
| Triad High School | 289 | 60.4% | 56.3% | 61.2% |
| Edwardsville High School | 529 | 51.5% | 59.1% | 56.3% |
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