Manteno High School Principal Doug Wenzel (2023) | Manteno High School
Manteno High School Principal Doug Wenzel (2023) | Manteno High School
That's according to an analysis from Kankakee Times of test scores compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
ISBE reports that in the 2023-24 school year, 79.2% of Kankakee County's 952 public high school students—approximately 753 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.
St. Anne Community High School (93.5%), Momence High School (89.4%), and Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School (80.3%) had the highest failure rate in Kankakee County, and Grant Park High School (69.5%) and Herscher High School (68.9%) had the lowest.
No high school in Kankakee County had a student passing rate exceeding 50%.
Countywide, math test failure rates fell from 80.9% in the 2022-23 school year to 79.2% in the 2023-24 school year.
Failure rates increased at two Kankakee County high schools in the 2023-24 school year, with the most significant increase happening at St. Anne Community High School, where the rate jumped from 88.9% to 93.5%.
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.
Grant Park High School and Manteno High School were the only Kankakee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne Community High School | 46 | 88.9% | 93.5% |
| Momence High School | 85 | 85.9% | 89.4% |
| Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School | 497 | 80.1% | 80.3% |
| Manteno High School | 156 | 83.1% | 76.9% |
| Grant Park High School | 36 | 93.1% | 69.5% |
| Herscher High School | 132 | 71.1% | 68.9% |
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