Southgate Community School District ranked the 18th lowest in college readiness among Michigan school districts, based on its students’ performance on the math portion of the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.
Math scores show that 7.2% of the 305 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.
In the previous school year, 13.1% of 251 students tested hit the benchmarks.
The average math readiness registered by schools in Michigan was 26.3% in the 2023-24 school year.
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 | Math Proficiency |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northville Public Schools | 64.3% |
| 2 | Grosse Pointe Public Schools | 51.2% |
| 3 | Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | 49.6% |
| 4 | Grosse Ile Township Schools | 40.7% |
| 5 | Woodhaven-Brownstown School District | 34.5% |
| 6 | Livonia Public Schools School District | 33.7% |
| 6 | Huron School District | 33.7% |
| 8 | Riverview Community School District | 30.8% |
| 9 | Trenton Public Schools | 28.6% |
| 10 | Crestwood School District | 26.7% |
| 11 | Canton Preparatory High School | 25% |
| 12 | Dearborn City School District | 21.2% |
| 13 | Allen Park Public Schools | 21% |
| 14 | Gibraltar School District | 20.8% |
| 15 | School District of the City of Wyandotte | 19.5% |
| 16 | Van Buren Public Schools | 17.5% |
| 17 | Star International Academy | 15.8% |
| 18 | Garden City Public Schools | 15.7% |
| 19 | Trillium Academy | 13% |
| 20 | Henry Ford Academy | 12.5% |
| 21 | School District of the City of Hamtramck | 11.8% |
| 22 | Flat Rock Community Schools | 11.5% |
| 23 | Detroit Public Schools Community District | 10.8% |
| 24 | Summit Academy North | 9.4% |
| 25 | Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools | 8.5% |
| 26 | Frontier International Academy | 7.9% |
| 26 | Detroit Edison Public School Academy | 7.9% |
| 28 | Southgate Community School District | 7.2% |
| 29 | Taylor Preparatory High School | 7.1% |
| 30 | Romulus Community Schools | 7% |
| 31 | Wayne-Westland Community School District | 6.6% |
| 32 | Oakland International Academy | 6.3% |
| 33 | Taylor School District | 6.2% |
| 34 | School District of the City of Lincoln Park | 5.9% |
| 35 | Redford Union Schools District No. 1 | 5.6% |
| 36 | Cesar Chavez Academy | 5.4% |