Detroit Public Schools Community District ranked the 42nd lowest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.
Scores show that 10.1% of the 2,561 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.
In the previous school year, 11.1% of 2,761 students tested hit the benchmarks.
Detroit Public Schools Community District reported that 10.8% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 32.4% fared well in the evidence-based reading and writing portion.
Academic performance in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, the share of students reaching the basic benchmark in core subjects is about 10 percentage points lower than in 2019—except for fourth-grade math, which saw a decline of just 2 points.
Achievement gaps between ethnic groups also persist. On average, Hispanic students scored 15 points below white students. The gap was even wider for Black students, who scored about 30 points lower than their white peers.
| Rank | District | College Readiness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northville Public Schools | 63% |
| 2 | Grosse Pointe Public Schools | 50.8% |
| 3 | Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | 47.3% |
| 4 | Grosse Ile Township Schools | 40.7% |
| 5 | Woodhaven-Brownstown School District | 32.6% |
| 5 | Livonia Public Schools School District | 32.6% |
| 7 | Huron School District | 32.2% |
| 8 | Riverview Community School District | 30.8% |
| 9 | Trenton Public Schools | 27.7% |
| 10 | Crestwood School District | 25.2% |
| 11 | Canton Preparatory High School | 22.4% |
| 12 | Gibraltar School District | 19.8% |
| 12 | Allen Park Public Schools | 19.8% |
| 14 | Dearborn City School District | 19.6% |
| 15 | School District of the City of Wyandotte | 17.4% |
| 16 | Van Buren Public Schools | 16.2% |
| 17 | Garden City Public Schools | 15.3% |
| 18 | Star International Academy | 14.9% |
| 19 | Trillium Academy | 13% |
| 20 | Henry Ford Academy | 11.5% |
| 21 | Flat Rock Community Schools | 10.9% |
| 22 | Detroit Public Schools Community District | 10.1% |
| 23 | School District of the City of Hamtramck | 9.4% |
| 24 | Summit Academy North | 8.5% |
| 25 | Detroit Edison Public School Academy | 7.9% |
| 26 | Taylor Preparatory High School | 7.1% |
| 27 | Romulus Community Schools | 7% |
| 27 | Frontier International Academy | 7% |
| 29 | Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools | 6.5% |
| 29 | Wayne-Westland Community School District | 6.5% |
| 31 | Southgate Community School District | 6.2% |
| 32 | Taylor School District | 5.9% |
| 33 | School District of the City of Lincoln Park | 5.5% |
