In math, the overall average score for 12th graders held steady between 2015 and 2019. But beneath that average is a familiar trend: Scores for the lowest-performing students dipped.

Illinois eighth grade students outperformed national averages in reading, math. Fourth grade, eighth grade, and the 12th grade are tested, but the 12th grade results have not yet been released.

In applied mathematics, Grade 12 students scored an average of 59.1 in 2024 — higher than averages from 2016 to 2018, when results ranged between 56.6 and 58.1. But they dropped from a 62.7 per ...