Pontiac Times

Rochester Community School District ranked the 17th highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2022-23 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 57.3% of the 1,169 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 55.8% of 1,180 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Rochester Community School District reported that 59.8% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 78.1% fared well in the evidence-based reading and writing portion.

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	College Readiness
1	Oakland Schools	87.7%
2	Novi Community School District	68.5%
3	Troy School District	59.7%
4	Birmingham Public Schools	57.9%
5	Rochester Community School District	57.3%
6	Bloomfield Hills Schools	51.3%
7	South Lyon Community Schools	49.5%
8	Berkley School District	49.1%
9	Lake Orion Community Schools	41.1%
10	Clarkston Community School District	39.7%
11	Royal Oak Schools	38.8%
12	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	38%
13	Farmington Public School District	34.9%
14	Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland	33.5%
15	AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	32.4%
16	Huron Valley Schools	30.2%
17	Holly Area School District	25.4%
18	West Bloomfield School District	24.6%
19	Lamphere Public Schools	24.1%
20	Oxford Community Schools	23.8%
21	Avondale School District	18.7%
22	Waterford School District	15.5%
23	Oakland FlexTech High School	14%
24	Clawson Public Schools	11%
25	Ferndale Public Schools	10.2%
26	Southfield Public School District	8.8%
27	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	7.5%
28	Lighthouse Connections Academy	6.4%
29	School District of the City of Oak Park	1.9%