Manual Academy Principal Mrs. Devon Hawks (2023) | Manual Academy
Manual Academy Principal Mrs. Devon Hawks (2023) | Manual Academy
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, 80.4% of Peoria County's 1,912 public high school students—approximately 1,537 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.
Quest Charter School Academy (100%), Peoria High School (98.9%), and Manual Academy (98.2%) had the highest failure rate in Peoria County, and Brimfield High School (58.3%) and Dunlap High School (48.8%) had the lowest.
Out of the 13 high schools in Peoria County, only one school had a passing rate above 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 76.9% in the 2022-23 school year to 80.4% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at six Peoria County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Illini Bluffs High School, where the rate jumped from 63.8% to 77.6%.
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.
Brimfield High School and Princeville High School were the only Peoria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest Charter School Academy | 33 | 100% | 100% |
| Peoria High School | 366 | 99.3% | 98.9% |
| Manual Academy | 164 | 99.4% | 98.2% |
| Peoria Heights High School | 53 | 94% | 96.2% |
| Farmington Central High School | 91 | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Limestone Community High School | 184 | 83.6% | 83.2% |
| Richwoods High School | 354 | 77.3% | 81.4% |
| Elmwood High School | 48 | 76.2% | 81.3% |
| Illini Bluffs High School | 58 | 63.8% | 77.6% |
| Illinois Valley Central High School | 161 | 69.8% | 75.2% |
| Princeville High School | 43 | 67.4% | 65.1% |
| Brimfield High School | 48 | 63.5% | 58.3% |
| Dunlap High School | 309 | 43.1% | 48.8% |
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