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2025 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Mission Statement To ignite and nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that advance the human condition.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. To offer a uniquely challenging education for students talented in the areas of mathematics and science.
    1. To stimulate further excellence for all Illinois schools in mathematics and science.
      Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Education Assistance Fund, IMSA Income Fund Statutory Authority 105 ILCS 305/0.01 et seq.
      Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
      Input Indicators
      Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 29,618.0 $ 26,910.4 $ 29,663.8 $ 25,220.4 $ 23,400.4
      Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 26,123.8 $ 24,976.3 $ 27,319.8 $ 23,561.4 $ 21,722.3
      Average monthly full-time equivalents (a) 218.0 218.0 216.0 221.0 209.0
      Output Indicators
      All students: applications received 596.0 535.0 600.0 561.0 612.0
      All students: invitations extended 215.0 291.0 230.0 214.0 306.0
      All students: number enrolled 210.0 242.0 220.0 215.0 237.0
      Underrepresented populations: applications received 146.0 189.0 192.0 182.0 303.0
      Underrepresented populations: invitations extended 75.0 107.0 80.0 83.0 129.0
      Underrepresented populations: number enrolled 75.0 96.0 76.0 79.0 108.0
      Student participants in STEM student outreach programs 3,300 3,189 2,400 2,641 1,815
      Illinois educator programs: participating educators 625.0 574.0 1,200 1,376 2,406
      Illinois educator programs: participating schools 150.0 151.0 150.0 133.0 166.0
      Admissions office: student participants in outreach programs attracting underrepresented student populations (b) 555.0 337.0 580.0 514.0 475.0
      IMSA participant fees and contracts (in thousands) $ 451.3 $ 422.7 $ 420.8 $ 372.3 $ 396.0
      Outcome Indicators
      All students: percentage of entering sophomores who return the following year 95.00% 95.00% 95.00% 86.00% 91.00%
      All students: percentage of enrolled students graduating IMSA 89.00% 91.00% 92.00% 80.00% 85.00%
      Underrepresented populations: percentage of enrolled students graduating IMSA 81.00% 82.00% 82.00% 73.00% 80.00%
      Student performance: exiting SAT mathematics score, IMSA average 730.0 733.0 724.0 721.0 717.0
      Student performance: exiting SAT total score, IMSA average 1,433 1,442 1,424 1,408 1,414
      Student-reported: percentage of graduates enrolling in colleges 99.00% 100.00% 99.00% 99.00% 98.00%
      Student-reported: percentage of graduates enrolling in college declaring a math or science major 80.00% 86.00% 80.00% 80.00% 93.00%
      Student-reported: percentage of graduates enrolling at an Illinois college 50.00% 49.00% 50.00% 53.70% 49.50%
      External Benchmarks
      Student performance: SAT mathematics score for high school graduates, statewide average (c) N/A N/A N/A 468.0 473.4
      Student performance: SAT total score for high school graduates, statewide average (c) N/A N/A N/A 950.1 960.9
      Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
      Instruction/academic support programs: expenditures as a percentage of total expenditures (d) 64.00% 64.00% 59.00% 59.00% 58.00%
      Operational cost per student per year, all funds - excludes residential (in dollars) (e) $ 26,396.92 $ 26,152.35 $ 25,203.00 $ 23,604.38 $ 21,901.00
      Operational cost per student per year, all funds - includes residential (in dollars) (f) $ 39,932.27 $ 38,769.19 $ 36,829.00 $ 33,215.99 $ 30,819.00
      External Benchmarks
      Operational cost per student per year, statewide average, high schools (in dollars) N/A $ 23,515.53 N/A $ 22,377.35 $ 21,173.48
      Footnotes
      This number reflects all staff/faculty paid from appropriated funds allocated to the Academy, aligning this data point with the annual ISL Report as noted in tab “101B- Summary – Actual Headcount.” This is a point-in- time number taken at the end of the reported fiscal year. PROMISE will oversee Carbondale and Metro East hubs going forward. Numbers for fiscal year 2025 reflect the change. "PROMISE: 355 students at Aurora's main campus, 50 at Carbondale hub, 50 at Metro East hub, and 100 at the Dominican University (Chicago) hub. Grand total: 555." The statewide SAT scores have been traditionally retrieved from the IL Report Card Library (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/State.aspx?source=historicalreports&source2=sat.average&Stateid=IL), but they have ceased reporting the SAT and reverted to reporting ACT scores this year. This change will be reflected for fiscal year 2026. Operational costs (non-residential) is calculated at 64% of total expenditures. Instructional/academic support only is 50% of the total expenditures, which include expenditures of statewide programs. Operational costs include all instructional and academic costs as well as a portion of the operational and overhead expenditures of the high school, excluding residential costs. The total operational costs per student include all costs of the high school program in Aurora. These costs do not include the statewide program expenditures or the overhead expenditures appropriated to those statewide programs.

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