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Analysis: 71.2 percent of students in Cook County schools failed state Math exam in 2022

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More than 7 in 10 Cook County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.

That's according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE reports that last year, 71.2 percent of Cook County's 49,227 public high school 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.

Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School (100 percent), Percy L. Julian High School (100 percent), and Perspectives Charter - Rodney D. Joslin Campus (100 percent) had the highest failure rates in Cook County. Northside College Preparatory High School (7.7 percent) and Payton College Preparatory High School (4.1 percent) had the lowest.

Of 194 Cook County high schools, only 19 schools -- Proviso Math and Science Academy, Lemont Township High School, Schaumburg High School, Riverside Brookfield Township High School, Prospect High School, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Lyons Township High School, James B. Conant High School, Maine South High School, Glenbrook South High School, John Hersey High School, William Fremd High School, New Trier Township High School Winnetka, Glenbrook North High School, Lane Technical High School, Jones College Prep High School, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Northside College Preparatory High School, and Payton College Preparatory High School had passing rates of more than 50 percent.

County-wide, Math test failure rates rose from 65.4 percent in 2019 to 71.2 percent in 2022.

The failure rate increased at 159 Cook County high schools in 2022, with the most significant increase happening at Noble Street Charter Schools - ITW David Speer Academy (86.9 percent).

Failure rates rose the most in Coles County (82.7 percent), Mercer County (83.5 percent), Pope County (89.8 percent), Union County (91.3 percent), and Henderson County (92.2 percent).

Horizon Science Academy McKinley and Uplift Community High School were the only Cook County high schools to see Math scores improve between 2019 and 2022.

Statewide, 70 percent of Illinois students failed the 2022 state Math exam, up from 64 percent in 2019.

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 Cook County High Schools in 2022

High School# of StudentsFailing % in 2019Failing % in 2021Failing % in 2022
Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School9898.7%100%100%
Percy L. Julian High School8898.6%99%100%
Perspectives Charter - Rodney D. Joslin Campus6194.6%98.5%100%
Perspectives Charter - High School of Technology6698.5%97.3%100%
Acero Charter School Network - Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz2475.2%96%100%
Williams Medical Preparatory High School15100%100%100%
Douglass Academy High School1498.2%100%100%
Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School13188.7%100%100%
Chicago Excel Academy High School3885.7%100%100%
Legal Prep Academy Charter High School6695%100%100%
Harlan Community Academy High School6788.7%97.5%100%
Phillips Academy High School11494.6%97.6%100%
Raby High School4698.4%100%100%
YCCS - West Town Academy Alternative High School2797.8%96.9%100%
YCCS - Progressive Leadership Academy3969.1%92.8%100%
YCCS - Latino Youth Alternative High School3988.7%98.2%100%
YCCS - Austin Career Education Center High School17100%100%100%
YCCS - Aspira Pantoja Alternative High School6783.2%100.1%100%
YCCS - Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School2477.4%100%100%
Spry Community Links High School22100%100%100%
CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus3098.7%95.6%100%
Manley Career Academy High School2569.3%100%100%
Hirsch Metropolitan High School3473.5%100%100%
Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts13897.1%97.8%100%
North Lawndale College Prep - Collins109100%98.9%100%
Kelvyn Park High School9988%98.4%100%
Tilden Career Communty Academy High School4491.8%97.7%100%
Clark Academy Preparatory Magnet High School12899.2%100%99.2%
Epic Academy High School10992.6%97%99.1%
Instituto Health Science Career Academy - Charter High School10894.9%98.7%99.1%
Fenger Academy High School9385.6%100%99%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy8971.2%94.3%98.8%
CICS - Longwood Campus7797.4%100%98.7%
Bogan High School15093.3%98.3%98.6%
North Lawndale College Prep - Christiana7192.6%100%98.6%
Perspectives Charter - IIT Math & Science Academy6596.2%100%98.5%
Orr Academy High School6784.5%97.3%98.5%
Richards Career Academy6697.5%98.5%98.5%
Morgan Park High School19395.4%99.2%98.5%
Proviso East High School31090.1%98.2%98.4%
Multicultural Arts High School6079.4%97.8%98.4%
Urban Prep Charter Academy Bronzeville High School5998.4%97.7%98.3%
Bowen High School6078.2%100%98.3%
Collins Academy High School56100%100%98.2%
Marshall Metropolitan High School5678.4%98.6%98.2%
Simeon Career Academy High School27497.3%98.7%98.1%
Hyde Park Academy High School15493.5%100%98%
Gage Park High School9786.1%99%98%
Perspectives High School of Technology & Leadership Academy9198%100%97.8%
Urban Prep Charter Academy Englewood High School4697.3%95.4%97.8%
Proviso West High School30487.3%96.1%97.7%
Clemente Community Academy High School12696.8%96%97.7%
Chicago Technology Academy High School87100%97%97.7%
Corliss High School8085.9%100%97.5%
Austin College And Career Academy High School3992.3%100%97.4%
Thornridge High School22691.4%94.4%97.3%
Juarez Community Academy High School39497.1%95.7%97.2%
William H. Wells Community Academy High School7094.3%100%97.1%
YCCS - Jane Addams Alternative High School3397.6%100%97%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Johnson College Prep12481.6%98%96.8%
Noble Street Charter Schools - DRW College Prep6092.2%96.2%96.7%
Chicago Military Academy High School6097.7%93.6%96.6%
Acero Charter School Network - Victoria Soto Campus13996.2%97.3%96.4%
South Shore International College Preparatory High School8293.4%97%96.3%
Acero Charter School Network - Major Hector P. Garcia Md Campus15788.8%93.1%96.2%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Butler College Prep15188.6%99.3%96%
Sullivan High School12589.7%90.8%96%
Richard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High School10089.4%96.8%96%
Foreman High School9796.9%96.7%95.8%
ACE Amandla Charter School2398.5%100%95.7%
Steinmetz College Prep High School22691.5%96.6%95.6%
Goode Stem Academy High School22189.6%94.9%95.5%
Roosevelt High School22291.7%98.2%95.5%
ASPIRA Charter - Early College High School8688.2%95.4%95.4%
University of Chicago Charter - Woodlawn6397.7%95.6%95.2%
Schurz High School30986.9%95.1%95.1%
Thornton Township High School32490.3%93.3%95.1%
Aspira Charter - Business And Finance High School13495.7%96.9%94.8%
School of Social Justice High School7798.4%98.7%94.8%
Thornwood High School45790.1%92.1%94.8%
World Language High School7793.7%91.9%94.8%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Gary Comer College Prep18690%88.3%94.1%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Golder College Prep15263.2%91.8%94.1%
Horizon Science Academy - Southwest Charter3390%91.7%94%
Bloom Trail High School21789.7%90.2%94%
Rich Central Campus High School58389.7%95%93.3%
Thornton Fractional North High School25591.2%94.3%93.3%
Bloom High School26486.9%93.2%93.2%
J. Sterling Morton East High School99293.3%92.6%93.1%
Carver Military Academy High School9981.2%94.6%93%
Uplift Community High School14100%100%92.9%
George Washington High School37090.7%95.2%92.7%
Marine Leadership Academy - Ames12588.3%87.9%92%
Farragut Career Academy High School8791.8%98.3%91.9%
Hubbard High School38888.4%94.4%91.5%
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School40687.7%89.2%91.4%
Bremen High School34988.3%90.4%91.4%
North-Grand High School23391.6%98.4%91.4%
Hillcrest High School26793.3%96%91.4%
Air Force Academy High School4492.4%92.2%90.9%
John F. Kennedy High School34179.1%87.1%90.3%
Catalyst Charter - Maria Elementary School10994.4%98.5%89.9%
Thornton Fractional South High School42985.8%88.5%89.5%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Rauner College Prep16155%84.5%88.8%
West Leyden High School42581.5%90.7%88.8%
Rickover Naval Academy9680.5%94.5%88.6%
Disney II Magnet High School15978.3%81.2%88.6%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Noble Street College Prep15750.3%86%88.5%
Kelly High School35386%89.8%88.1%
Alcott College Prep High School5080%89.2%88%
J. Sterling Morton West High School73289.4%90%87.4%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Baker College Prep6377.3%94.8%87.3%
Phoenix Military Academy High School13875.6%91.3%86.9%
Noble Street Charter Schools - ITW David Speer Academy28141.6%87.3%86.9%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Pritzker College Prep24144.3%79.5%86.7%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Hansberry College Prep10478.2%98.2%86.5%
Curie Metropolitan High School74786.2%91.2%86.4%
Noble Street Charter Schools - The Noble Academy13160.9%89.7%86.3%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Mansueto High School25758.6%87.6%86%
Lake View High School23783.6%90.9%85.7%
CICS - Northtown Campus21679.7%85.9%85.7%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Muchin College Prep22058.2%84.5%85%
Prosser Career Academy High School24581.3%90.6%84.9%
Chicago High School for The Arts13981.2%83.5%84.9%
Mather High School39376.3%87%84.8%
Noble Street Charter Schools - Chicago Bulls College Prep30652.5%83.9%84.3%
Noble Street Charter Schools - UIC College Prep21642.6%87.1%84.3%
Ogden International High School13579.4%88.8%83.7%
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences17474.4%86.1%82.2%
Reavis High School48178.8%81.4%82.2%
Solorio Academy High School29061.8%80.4%81.3%
Infinity Math Science and Tech High School10176.8%83.1%81.2%
Chicago Academy High School14282.3%84.7%81%
Intrinsic Charter High School16274.8%85%80.3%
Oak Lawn Community High School41774.1%78.2%79.9%
Senn High School40570.4%83%79.3%
King College Preparatory High School9673.8%85.8%79.2%
Harold L. Richards High School38381.7%82.3%79.1%
A.B. Shepard High School45575%81.8%78.1%
Argo Community High School44873.2%79.6%78.1%
Evergreen Park High School20863.8%75.3%76.5%
Kenwood Academy High School51564.5%75.9%75.9%
Elk Grove High School45363%70.1%75.3%
Southland College Prep Charter High School12969.8%78.4%75.2%
Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School24472.3%78.6%75%
Oak Forest High School34467.8%72.6%74.1%
Tinley Park High School23771.4%75.5%73.9%
Ridgewood Community High School19079.6%81.9%73.7%
Homewood-Flossmoor High School66563.7%78.3%73.4%
Wheeling High School40170.5%73.6%73.3%
Elmwood Park High School21567.5%75.6%73.1%
East Leyden High School41069.3%79.1%72.7%
Maine West High School45863.3%78.7%72.5%
Taft High School99567.1%76.4%71.2%
Maine East High School43365.4%73.7%70.2%
Palatine High School63961.7%73.7%68.7%
Amundsen High School38968%76.2%67.3%
Chicago Math and Science Elementary Charter School7744%58%66.3%
Westinghouse High School29258.6%76.7%65.4%
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School48757.2%69.5%63.7%
Von Steuben Metro Science High School35649.5%60.9%63.7%
Rolling Meadows High School48351.8%62.5%61.5%
Niles North High School51154.6%61.6%61.1%
Victor J. Andrew High School55660.4%67.6%60.4%
Carl Sandburg High School71354.4%56.9%59.8%
Hoffman Estates High School45355%59.3%59.3%
Hancock College Preparatory High School23239.9%61.6%59.1%
Niles West High School60452.3%59.8%58.6%
Lindblom Math and Science Academy High School27245%58.5%58.5%
Horizon Science Academy McKinley6070.2%86.8%58.4%
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy High School21834.4%58%56.9%
Devry Advantage Academy High School8037.6%72.6%56.3%
Evanston Township High School85349.6%52.8%55.2%
Lincoln Park High School48148.4%54.4%54.1%
Buffalo Grove High School46539.5%51.5%53.8%
Proviso Math and Science Academy21430.9%60.6%49.5%
Lemont Township High School32347.7%52.8%49.2%
Schaumburg High School53447.3%50.8%48.8%
Riverside Brookfield Township High School38446.2%56.5%47.9%
Prospect High School54928.6%40.2%46.1%
Oak Park and River Forest High School79341.3%47.6%46.1%
Lyons Township High School93335.6%48.8%45.9%
James B. Conant High School58341.4%48%44.1%
Maine South High School61134.2%48.1%43.7%
Glenbrook South High School75932%39.4%40.4%
John Hersey High School48432.8%42.7%38.5%
William Fremd High School66729.3%38.2%30.7%
New Trier Township High School Winnetka94219.2%23.7%30.2%
Glenbrook North High School47326.7%33.2%28.1%
Lane Technical High School1,03310.2%18.6%11.6%
Jones College Prep High School4766.9%9.5%9.6%
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School4266.3%13%8.2%
Northside College Preparatory High School2615.2%5.8%7.7%
Payton College Preparatory High School2716.7%3.8%4.1%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Horizon Science Acad - McKinley Park Charter SchoolNiles North High SchoolEpic Academy High SchoolHyde Park Academy High SchoolSpry Community Links High SchoolCollins Academy High SchoolJ. Sterling Morton West High SchoolYoung Magnet High SchoolRowe Clark Math And Science AcademyChicago Math And Science Elementary Charter SchoolMather High SchoolWorld Language High SchoolWashington G. High SchoolRichard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High SchoolHancock College Preparatory High SchoolChicago Vocational Career Academy High SchoolLegal Prep Academy Charter High SchoolMarine Leadership AcademyChristian Fenger Academy High SchoolGlenbrook South High SchoolPerspectives Rodney D. Joslin CampusHarlan Community Academy High SchoolRich Township High SchoolPerspectives-Iit Math And Science AcademySolorio Academy High SchoolTilden Career Communty Academy High SchoolVon Steuben Metro Science High SchoolButler College PrepElk Grove High SchoolAmundsen High SchoolLyons Township High SchoolWilliams Medical Preparatory High SchoolGolder College PrepManley Career Community Academy High SchoolBack of the Yards College Preparatory High SchoolYccs - Jane Addams Alternative High SchoolEisenhower High SchoolPhoenix Military Academy High SchoolSouthland College Prep Charter High SchoolITW David Speer AcademyKennedy High SchoolLake View High SchoolEvanston Township High SchoolDr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High SchoolAcero Charter School - Victoria SotoNoble Street Charter Schools - Chicago Bulls College PrepPhillips Academy High SchoolAlcott College Prep High SchoolIhsca Charter High SchoolPercy L. Julian High SchoolA. B. Shepard High SchoolChicago High School for Agricultural SciencesOak Lawn Community High SchoolHansberry College PrepInfinity Math, Science And Tech High SchoolThornridge High SchoolRoosevelt High SchoolReavis High SchoolGoode Stem Academy High SchoolRidgewood Community High SchoolRolling Meadows High SchoolCics Northtown AcademyPerspectives High School of TechnologyHarold L. Richards High SchoolNorthside College Preparatory High SchoolT.F. South High SchoolJohn Marshall Metro High SchoolJ. B. Conant High SchoolKelly High SchoolPritzker College PrepNoble Street Charter Schools - Baker CampusNiles West High SchoolOrr Academy High SchoolNoble Street Charter Schools - Mansueto High SchoolYouth Connection Charter School West Town Academy Alternative High SchoolMaine West High SchoolAustin Career Education CenterLane Technical High SchoolProgressive Leadership AcademyProviso West High SchoolVictor J. Andrew High SchoolAcero Charter School - Sor Juana Ines De La CruzKelvyn Park High SchoolDrw College PrepSchurz High SchoolHorizon Sci Academy - Southwest CharterLincoln Park High SchoolJohnson College PrepLemont Township High SchoolBowen High SchoolOak Park And River Forest High SchoolCurie Metropolitan High SchoolArgo Community High SchoolEdwin G Foreman High SchoolNorth-Grand High SchoolDunbar Vocational Career Academy High SchoolNoble Street College PrepAir Force Academy High SchoolBloom Township High SchoolSouth Shore International College Preparatory High SchoolT.F. North High SchoolChicago Excel Academy High SchoolAspira Antonia Pantoja High SchoolEast Leyden High SchoolHoffman Estates High SchoolMaine Township South High SchoolCics Longwood High SchoolJohn Hersey High SchoolUniversity of Chicago Charter - WoodlawnMaine East High SchoolPayton College Preparatory High SchoolJ. Sterling Morton East High SchoolSimeon Career High SchoolCarl Sandburg High SchoolNorth Lawndale College Prep High SchoolBogan High SchoolSchaumburg High SchoolChicago Academy High SchoolAmos Alonzo Stagg High SchoolWheeling High SchoolDr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High SchoolJuarez Community Academy High SchoolHirsch Metropolitan High SchoolWest Leyden High SchoolTinley Park High SchoolBuffalo Grove High SchoolHomewood-Flossmoor High SchoolUplift Community High SchoolSenn High SchoolComer College PrepMuchin College PrepSullivan High SchoolClemente Community Academy High SchoolRauner College PrepOak Forest High SchoolProspect High SchoolChicago Military Academy High SchoolWells Community Academy High SchoolClark Academy Prep Magnet High SchoolNew Trier Township High SchoolJones College Prep High SchoolThornton Township High SchoolWestinghouse High SchoolGlenbrook North High SchoolGwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy High SchoolDevry Advantage Academy High SchoolDisney II Magnet High SchoolProviso East High SchoolThe Noble AcademyUrban Preparatory Charter Englewood High SchoolNorth Lawndale Preparatory Charter - ChristianaBloom Trail High SchoolKenwood Academy High SchoolEvergreen Park High SchoolOgden International High SchoolSchool Of Social Justice High SchoolUic College PrepAcero Charter School Network - Major Hector P. Garcia Md CampusYccs - Latino Youth Alternative High SchoolCorliss High SchoolCarver Military Academy High SchoolTaft High SchoolWilliam Fremd High SchoolProviso Math And Science AcademyRiverside Brookfield Township High SchoolGage Park High SchoolCharles A. Prosser Career AcademySteinmetz College Prep High SchoolAspira Early College High SchoolRaby High SchoolDouglass Academy High SchoolMulticultural Academy Of Scholarship High SchoolThornwood High SchoolChicago High School for the ArtsPalatine High SchoolRickover Naval Academy High SchoolGurdon S. Hubbard High SchoolElmwood Park High SchoolIntrinsic Charter High SchoolAmandla Charter SchoolRichards Career Academy High SchoolCics Ralph Ellison High SchoolLindblom Math And Science AcademyCatalyst Charter - Maria Elementary SchoolChicago Technology Academy High SchoolAustin College And Career Academy High SchoolUrban Prep Academy BronzevilleDavid G. Farragut Career AcademyWalter H. Dyett High School for the ArtsMorgan Park High School

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