Madison Senior High School Principal Mr. Juan Gardner (2023) | Madison Senior High School
Madison Senior High School Principal Mr. Juan Gardner (2023) | Madison Senior High School
That's according to an analysis from Metro East Sun of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 76.9% of Madison County's 2,094 public high school students—approximately 1,610 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%), Granite City High School (92.9%), and East Alton-Wood River High School (85.7%) had the highest failure rate in Madison County, and Highland High School (66.5%) and Edwardsville High School (62.1%) had the lowest.
No high school in Madison County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 75.9% in the 2022-23 school year to 76.9% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at three Madison County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Madison Senior High School, where the rate jumped from 94.5% to 100%.
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.
Civic Memorial High School and Roxana Senior High School were the only Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Senior High School | 36 | 94.5% | 100% |
| Granite City High School | 410 | 90% | 92.9% |
| East Alton-Wood River High School | 133 | 90% | 85.7% |
| Alton High School | 426 | 78.6% | 81.9% |
| Roxana Senior High School | 121 | 88.1% | 81.8% |
| Civic Memorial High School | 176 | 85.4% | 73.3% |
| Highland High School | 227 | 69.1% | 66.5% |
| Edwardsville High School | 565 | 62.1% | 62.1% |
Alerts Sign-up