Livonia Public Schools School District ranks 101st highest statewide for college readiness in 2023-24 school year

Livonia Public Schools School District ranks 101st highest statewide for college readiness in 2023-24 school year
Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction — https://radio.wcmu.org/
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Livonia Public Schools School District ranked the 101st highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 32.6% of the 966 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 41.2% of 991 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Livonia Public Schools School District reported that 33.7% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 57.9% fared well in the evidence-based reading and writing portion.

Academic performance in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, the share of students reaching the basic benchmark in core subjects is about 10 percentage points lower than in 2019—except for fourth-grade math, which saw a decline of just 2 points.

Achievement gaps between ethnic groups also persist. On average, Hispanic students scored 15 points below white students. The gap was even wider for Black students, who scored about 30 points lower than their white peers.

Livonia Public Schools School District College Readiness Over 4 Years
Wayne County Districts Ranked by College Readiness in 2023-24 School Year
Rank District College Readiness
1 Northville Public Schools 63%
2 Grosse Pointe Public Schools 50.8%
3 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools 47.3%
4 Grosse Ile Township Schools 40.7%
5 Woodhaven-Brownstown School District 32.6%
5 Livonia Public Schools School District 32.6%
7 Huron School District 32.2%
8 Riverview Community School District 30.8%
9 Trenton Public Schools 27.7%
10 Crestwood School District 25.2%
11 Canton Preparatory High School 22.4%
12 Gibraltar School District 19.8%
12 Allen Park Public Schools 19.8%
14 Dearborn City School District 19.6%
15 School District of the City of Wyandotte 17.4%
16 Van Buren Public Schools 16.2%
17 Garden City Public Schools 15.3%
18 Star International Academy 14.9%
19 Trillium Academy 13%
20 Henry Ford Academy 11.5%
21 Flat Rock Community Schools 10.9%
22 Detroit Public Schools Community District 10.1%
23 School District of the City of Hamtramck 9.4%
24 Summit Academy North 8.5%
25 Detroit Edison Public School Academy 7.9%
26 Taylor Preparatory High School 7.1%
27 Romulus Community Schools 7%
27 Frontier International Academy 7%
29 Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools 6.5%
29 Wayne-Westland Community School District 6.5%
31 Southgate Community School District 6.2%
32 Taylor School District 5.9%
33 School District of the City of Lincoln Park 5.5%


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