Downriver Today

There was a decrease in the number of Gibraltar School District students considered ready for math classes in college in the 2021-22 school year, according to the MI School Data. Based on their performance on the math portion of the SAT, 20.4% of the students were set for college during the school year.

Similarly, college-level math readiness in Gibraltar School District the year before was 21.9%.

Gibraltar School District ranked 19th in college readiness for math this year, compared to other districts in Wayne County. In the previous year, it was ranked 14th lowest.

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	584.3
2	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	550.2
3	Grosse Ile Township Schools	536
4	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	529.7
5	Livonia Public Schools School District	505.7
6	Huron School District	485.6
7	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	483.5
8	Trenton Public Schools	479.6
9	Riverview Community School District	478.2
10	Canton Preparatory High School	476.3
11	Dearborn City School District	465.1
12	Allen Park Public Schools	463.9
13	Crestwood School District	463.4
14	Gibraltar School District	455.5
15	School District of the City of Wyandotte	449.7
16	Star International Academy	449.6
16	Van Buren Public Schools	449.6
18	Henry Ford Academy	447.4
19	Taylor Preparatory High School	444.9
20	Summit Academy North	433.9
21	Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	429.7
22	Flat Rock Community Schools	428.9
23	Detroit Edison Public School Academy	428.4
24	Trillium Academy	424.8
25	Southgate Community School District	424.2
26	Garden City Public Schools	420.6
27	Wayne-Westland Community School District	420.1
28	Taylor School District	418.7
29	Oakland International Academy	413.8
30	Frontier International Academy	413.7
31	Dearborn Heights School District #7	412.8
32	Cesar Chavez Academy	411.6
33	Clarenceville School District	410.1
34	School District of the City of Hamtramck	408.4
35	Bridge Academy	406.4
36	South Redford School District	404.9
37	Detroit Public Schools Community District	402.5
38	Romulus Community Schools	401.1
39	School District of the City of Lincoln Park	400.2
40	Ecorse Public Schools	368.7