January, 2018 Stories | Sangamon Sun

Analysis: 72 percent of Auburn students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 19, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 28 percent of Auburn Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 70 percent of Auburn students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 19, 2018

About 30 percent of Auburn Middle School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 70 percent of students failed.

Statewide test results: 73 percent of Auburn failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 19, 2018

About 27 percent of Auburn Middle School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.

Statewide test results: 74 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 18, 2018

About 26 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.

Statewide test results: 83 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 18, 2018

About 17 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 83 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 78 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 18, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 22 percent of Auburn Junior High At Divernon students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Sangamon has 6th highest abortion rate among largest Illinois counties in 2016

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jan 17, 2018

In a list of the 30 most populous counties in Illinois, Sangamon County ranked No. 6 for the rate of abortions performed there in 2016, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report issued in December, which tracks abortions performed on an annual basis.

Analysis: 70 percent of Athens Junior students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 17, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 30 percent of Athens Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 64 percent of Athens Junior failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 17, 2018

About 36 percent of Athens Junior High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 64 percent of students failed.

Statewide test results: 76 percent of Athens Junior students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 17, 2018

About 24 percent of Athens Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 76 percent of students failed.

Report: Sangamon ranks 10th among largest Illinois counties for abortions performed in 2016

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jan 16, 2018

Sangamon County accounted for 319 of the 38,382 abortions performed statewide in 2016, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report issued in December, which tracks abortions performed on an annual basis.