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How many students failed their English exams in Woodford County in 2022?

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More than 6 in 10 Woodford County public high school students aren't at grade level in English.

That's according to a Peoria Standard analysis of 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE reports that last year, 61.5 percent of Woodford County's 535 public high school students failed the English language arts 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.

Lowpoint-Washburn Junior Senior High School (87.5 percent), Roanoke-Benson High School (69 percent) and Fieldcrest High School (64.9 percent) had the highest failure rates in Woodford County. El Paso-Gridley High School (60.5 percent) and Eureka High School (56 percent) had the lowest.

No Woodford County high schools had a passing rate of more than 50 percent of students.

County-wide, English test failure rates rose from 52.1 percent in 2019 to 61.5 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at four Woodford County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Eureka High School (56 percent).

Failure rates rose the most at Cook County (100 percent), Marion County (100 percent), Peoria County (100 percent), Scott County (100 percent), Tazewell County (100 percent).

Statewide, 69.1 percent of Illinois students failed the 2022 state English 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."

English Language Arts Failure Rates in Woodford County High Schools in 2022
High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Lowpoint-Washburn Junior Senior High School1672.7%100%87.5%
Roanoke-Benson High School2942.2%65.8%69%
Fieldcrest High School5770%74.5%64.9%
Metamora High School22850.9%55.5%61%
El Paso-Gridley High School9647.8%57.6%60.5%
Eureka High School10945.1%47.4%56%

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