La Salle-Peru Township High School Principal Mrs. Ingrid Cushing (2023) | La Salle-Peru Township High School
La Salle-Peru Township High School Principal Mrs. Ingrid Cushing (2023) | La Salle-Peru Township High School
That's according to an analysis from Illinois Valley Times of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 85.7% of LaSalle County's 995 public high school students—approximately 852 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.
Leland High School (95%), Streator Township High School (91.6%), and Earlville Junior/Senior High School (88.2%) had the highest failure rate in LaSalle County, and Ottawa Township High School (81.6%) and Seneca High School (81.4%) had the lowest.
No high school in LaSalle County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 83.6% in the 2022-23 school year to 85.7% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at four LaSalle County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at Leland High School, where the rate jumped from 82.3% to 95%.
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.
Seneca High School and Streator Township High School were the only LaSalle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leland High School | 20 | 82.3% | 95% |
| Streator Township High School | 179 | 92.4% | 91.6% |
| Earlville Junior/Senior High School | 17 | 81.4% | 88.2% |
| La Salle-Peru Township High School | 281 | 80.9% | 86.9% |
| Mendota Township High School | 113 | 78.8% | 85.8% |
| Ottawa Township High School | 294 | 82.8% | 81.6% |
| Seneca High School | 91 | 83% | 81.4% |
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