Pontiac Times

Oxford Community Schools district ranked the 216th lowest 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 25.1% of the 450 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 31.6% of 475 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	Oakland Schools	88.5%
2	Novi Community School District	70.5%
3	Troy School District	61.3%
4	Birmingham Public Schools	60.1%
5	Rochester Community School District	59.8%
6	South Lyon Community Schools	52.9%
7	Bloomfield Hills Schools	51.8%
8	Berkley School District	50.5%
9	Clarkston Community School District	44.5%
10	Lake Orion Community Schools	44.1%
11	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	40.1%
12	Royal Oak Schools	39.9%
13	Farmington Public School District	36.6%
14	Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland	35.2%
15	Huron Valley Schools	33.7%
16	AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	30.4%
17	Lamphere Public Schools	27.2%
18	West Bloomfield School District	26.9%
19	Holly Area School District	26.6%
20	Oxford Community Schools	25.1%
21	Avondale School District	19.9%
22	Waterford School District	17.4%
23	Oakland FlexTech High School	14%
24	Clawson Public Schools	12.3%
25	Ferndale Public Schools	10.5%
26	Southfield Public School District	9.3%
27	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	7.9%
28	Lighthouse Connections Academy	6.4%
29	Pontiac City School District	5.3%
30	School District of the City of Oak Park	1.9%