Canton High School Principal Mr. Jay Valencia (2023) | Canton High School
Canton High School Principal Mr. Jay Valencia (2023) | Canton High School
That's according to an analysis from Peoria Standard of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 83.6% of Fulton County's 274 public high school students—approximately 229 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.
Astoria High School (100%), Spoon River Valley Senior High School had the highest failure rate in Fulton County (92.3%), and Lewistown Junior/Senior High School (90%), and Canton High School (79.3%) and VIT Senior High School (72.7%) had the lowest.
No high school in Fulton County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates fell from 84.7% in the 2022-23 school year to 83.6% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at two Fulton County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Cuba Senior High School, where the rate jumped from 77.4% to 87.2%.
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.
VIT Senior High School and Lewistown Junior/Senior High School were the only Fulton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astoria High School | 20 | 100% | 100% |
| Spoon River Valley Senior High School | 13 | 93.8% | 92.3% |
| Lewistown Junior/Senior High School | 40 | 97.5% | 90% |
| Cuba Senior High School | 39 | 77.4% | 87.2% |
| Canton High School | 140 | 77.7% | 79.3% |
| VIT Senior High School | 22 | 90% | 72.7% |
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