Beecher High School Principal Mr. Michael Meyer (2023) | Beecher High School
Beecher High School Principal Mr. Michael Meyer (2023) | Beecher High School
That's according to an analysis from Will County Gazette of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 67.9% of Will County's 8,415 public high school students—approximately 5,713 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.
Crete-Monee High School (94.4%), Joliet Central High School (92.8%), and Peotone High School (88.4%) had the highest failure rate in Will County, and Lincoln-Way East High School (39.4%) and Neuqua Valley High School (34.8%) had the lowest.
Out of the 17 high schools in Will County, only two schools had a passing rate above 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates fell from 68.2% in the 2022-23 school year to 67.9% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at five Will County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Wilmington High School, where the rate jumped from 75.4% to 84.6%.
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.
Plainfield East High School and Lincoln-Way East High School were the only Will 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crete-Monee High School | 357 | 93.4% | 94.4% |
| Joliet Central High School | 770 | 92.3% | 92.8% |
| Peotone High School | 104 | 88.2% | 88.4% |
| Reed-Custer High School | 104 | 84% | 86.6% |
| Wilmington High School | 97 | 75.4% | 84.6% |
| Beecher High School | 93 | 83.4% | 82.8% |
| Joliet West High School | 863 | 83.8% | 82.8% |
| Bolingbrook High School | 866 | 76.5% | 78.4% |
| Romeoville High School | 480 | 80.2% | 76.9% |
| Plainfield High School | 470 | 75.8% | 75.3% |
| Plainfield East High School | 411 | 71.7% | 66.1% |
| Lockport Township High School East | 841 | 65.5% | 61.8% |
| Lincoln Way West | 499 | 54.5% | 60.7% |
| Plainfield North High School | 601 | 60.9% | 59.9% |
| Lincoln-Way Central High School | 463 | 50.5% | 50.4% |
| Lincoln-Way East High School | 668 | 45.5% | 39.4% |
| Neuqua Valley High School | 728 | 34.3% | 34.8% |
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