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How many students failed their math exams in Hardin County in 2023?

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Nearly 10 in 10 Hardin County public high school students aren't at grade level in math.

That's according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of 2023 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE reports that last year, 97.1% of Hardin County's 34 public high school students — approximately 33 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.

Hardin County High School, the only Hardin County high school, registered its highest failure (97%) rate during 2023, and the lowest (76%) in 2021.

Countywide, math test failure rates rose from 76% in 2021 to 97.1% in 2023.

Hardin County High School was the only Hardin County high school to experience an increase in failure rates in 2023, reaching 97%.

Statewide, failure rates increased the most in Wayne County, Greene County, Sangamon County, Pike County, and Pulaski County, where the percentage of students who failed the math exam rose to 74.1%, 86.4%, 95.6%, 96.7%, and 100%, respectively.

Statewide, 75.6% of Illinois students failed the 2023 state math exam, up from 64% in 2021.

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.”

Math Failure Rates in Hardin County High Schools in 2023

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2021Failing % in 2022Failing % in 2023
Hardin County High School3476%80.9%97%

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