Pontiac Times

There was an increase in the number of Rochester Community School District students considered ready for math classes in college in the 2022-23 school year, according to the MI School Data. Based on their performance on the math portion of the SAT, 59.8% of the students were set for college during the school year.

Similarly, college-level math readiness in Rochester Community School District the year before was 57.5%.

Rochester Community School District ranked fifth in college readiness for math this year, compared to other districts in Oakland County. In the previous year, it was ranked the same.

Overall, students in Michigan are still performing below pre-pandemic levels. According to the test results, their scores are on average 4.5% lower than the pre-pandemic levels.

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."

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was criticized for trying to address these academic failures by using more tutors in the public school system.

"Relying only on the system that caused academic and mental health setbacks is not looking out for the best interest of children," Jamie A. Hope wrote in the Michigan Capitol Confidential.

Due to the suspension of state assessments, SAT data for the 2019-20 academic year are not available.

Rank	District	Math average score overall
1	Oakland Schools	653.3
2	Novi Community School District	606.1
3	Troy School District	569.3
4	Rochester Community School District	556.2
5	Birmingham Public Schools	550
6	Bloomfield Hills Schools	532.3
7	Berkley School District	523.4
8	South Lyon Community Schools	520.7
9	Clarkston Community School District	510.5
10	Lake Orion Community Schools	504.7
11	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	497.3
12	Farmington Public School District	495.2
13	Royal Oak Schools	493.8
14	Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland	487.8
15	Huron Valley Schools	480
16	Oxford Community Schools	469.9
17	West Bloomfield School District	467.8
18	Lamphere Public Schools	463.3
19	Holly Area School District	457
20	AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	455.4
21	Avondale School District	435.8
22	Waterford School District	430.3
23	Clawson Public Schools	426.4
24	Oakland FlexTech High School	418.4
25	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	415.4
26	Lighthouse Connections Academy	414.8
27	Southfield Public School District	410.6
28	Ferndale Public Schools	405.5
29	Pontiac City School District	392.7
30	School District of the City of Oak Park	377.1