Northwest Wayne News

Livonia Public Schools School District ranked the 63rd highest in college readiness among Michigan school districts, based on its students’ performance on the math portion of the 2022-23 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Math scores show that 44.7% of the 991 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 42.5% of 944 students tested hit the benchmarks.

The average math readiness registered by schools in Michigan was 29.9% in the 2022-23 school year.

Overall, students in Michigan are still performing below pre-pandemic levels. According to NAEP results, their scores dropped an average of 6.5 points, and ethnic achievement gaps widened. Black students had a performance decline of 11 points between 2019 and 2022.

A recent study in the state suggested this could be caused by remote schooling. Students who learned remotely experienced more learning loss compared to those who attended in-person classes during the pandemic.

"This is hurting kids in ways we can't even imagine, and not just academically," Senator Thomas Albert said during his time as the House Appropriations Chairman. "The disruption of sports and other extracurricular activities also takes a major toll. It's going to take years for some of these students to recover academically."

Rank	District	Math Proficiency
1	Northville Public Schools	66.1%
2	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	59.1%
3	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	50.9%
4	Grosse Ile Township Schools	46%
5	Livonia Public Schools School District	44.7%
6	Canton Preparatory High School	41.6%
7	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	40.1%
8	Trenton Public Schools	34%
9	Huron School District	32.2%
10	Riverview Community School District	29.4%
11	Crestwood School District	28.4%
12	Allen Park Public Schools	26.8%
13	Star International Academy	25.3%
14	School District of the City of Wyandotte	24.2%
15	Oakland International Academy	23.8%
16	Taylor Preparatory High School	22.8%
17	Dearborn City School District	21.9%
18	Henry Ford Academy	21.6%
19	Gibraltar School District	20.8%
20	Van Buren Public Schools	19.5%
21	Flat Rock Community Schools	19.2%
22	Trillium Academy	19%
23	Garden City Public Schools	14.4%
24	Cesar Chavez Academy	13.4%
25	Southgate Community School District	13.1%
26	Dearborn Heights School District #7	13%
27	Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	12.5%
28	Detroit Public Schools Community District	11.7%
29	Universal Learning Academy	11.5%
30	School District of the City of Hamtramck	10.7%
30	Wayne-Westland Community School District	10.7%
32	Clarenceville School District	9.6%
33	Taylor School District	9.4%
34	Summit Academy North	9.2%
35	Frontier International Academy	6.7%
36	Advanced Technology Academy	6.6%
37	South Redford School District	5.7%
38	Ecorse Public Schools	5.6%