Detroit City Wire

Cesar Chavez Academy school district ranked the 54th lowest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2022-23 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 12% of the 142 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 5.5% of 164 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Cesar Chavez Academy school district reported that 13.4% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 31.7% 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	Northville Public Schools	65.2%
2	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	56.2%
3	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	49.5%
4	Grosse Ile Township Schools	44.7%
5	Livonia Public Schools School District	41.2%
6	Canton Preparatory High School	40.6%
7	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	37.8%
8	Trenton Public Schools	32.5%
9	Huron School District	29.5%
10	Riverview Community School District	27.5%
11	Crestwood School District	26.2%
12	Allen Park Public Schools	24.9%
13	Star International Academy	21.8%
14	School District of the City of Wyandotte	21.7%
15	Taylor Preparatory High School	20.3%
16	Oakland International Academy	20%
17	Dearborn City School District	19.9%
18	Henry Ford Academy	19.8%
19	Gibraltar School District	18.9%
20	Flat Rock Community Schools	18.5%
21	Van Buren Public Schools	17.4%
22	Trillium Academy	16.7%
23	Garden City Public Schools	12.8%
24	Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	12.5%
25	Southgate Community School District	12%
25	Cesar Chavez Academy	12%
27	Dearborn Heights School District #7	11.1%
27	Detroit Public Schools Community District	11.1%
29	Wayne-Westland Community School District	9.8%
30	School District of the City of Hamtramck	8.7%
31	Taylor School District	8.6%
32	Clarenceville School District	8.4%
33	Summit Academy North	7.5%
34	Advanced Technology Academy	6.6%
35	South Redford School District	5.4%