Eastern Wayne Today

There was a decrease in the number of Grosse Pointe Public Schools 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, 50.9% of the students were set for college during the school year.

Similarly, college-level math readiness in Grosse Pointe Public Schools the year before was 53.6%.

Grosse Pointe Public Schools ranked third in college readiness for math this year, compared to other districts in Wayne 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	Northville Public Schools	577.2
2	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	553.3
3	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	524.6
4	Grosse Ile Township Schools	517.2
5	Livonia Public Schools School District	513.1
6	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	494.4
7	Canton Preparatory High School	485
8	Trenton Public Schools	481.7
9	Huron School District	481.6
10	Riverview Community School District	474.9
11	Crestwood School District	467.6
12	Allen Park Public Schools	464.7
13	School District of the City of Wyandotte	454.6
14	Dearborn City School District	453.2
15	Taylor Preparatory High School	452.8
15	Gibraltar School District	452.8
17	Oakland International Academy	447.8
18	Van Buren Public Schools	447.7
19	Star International Academy	444.1
20	Henry Ford Academy	441.1
21	Flat Rock Community Schools	434.9
22	Southgate Community School District	430.4
23	Trillium Academy	429.5
24	Cesar Chavez Academy	428.6
25	Garden City Public Schools	423
26	Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	419.6
27	Taylor School District	413.9
28	Summit Academy North	413.5
29	School District of the City of Hamtramck	411.2
30	Wayne-Westland Community School District	410.7
31	Universal Learning Academy	409.8
32	Dearborn Heights School District #7	409.1
33	Clarenceville School District	409
34	Detroit Public Schools Community District	407.6
35	Advanced Technology Academy	401.1
36	Frontier International Academy	399.4
37	South Redford School District	393
38	Ecorse Public Schools	379.9