Holly Area School District ranked the 215th highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2022-23 SAT, according to the MI School Data.
Scores show that 25.4% of the 244 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.
In the previous school year, 27.6% of 192 students tested hit the benchmarks.
Holly Area School District reported that 26.6% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 54.1% 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 | Oakland Schools | 87.7% |
| 2 | Novi Community School District | 68.5% |
| 3 | Troy School District | 59.7% |
| 4 | Birmingham Public Schools | 57.9% |
| 5 | Rochester Community School District | 57.3% |
| 6 | Bloomfield Hills Schools | 51.3% |
| 7 | South Lyon Community Schools | 49.5% |
| 8 | Berkley School District | 49.1% |
| 9 | Lake Orion Community Schools | 41.1% |
| 10 | Clarkston Community School District | 39.7% |
| 11 | Royal Oak Schools | 38.8% |
| 12 | Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | 38% |
| 13 | Farmington Public School District | 34.9% |
| 14 | Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland | 33.5% |
| 15 | AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School | 32.4% |
| 16 | Huron Valley Schools | 30.2% |
| 17 | Holly Area School District | 25.4% |
| 18 | West Bloomfield School District | 24.6% |
| 19 | Lamphere Public Schools | 24.1% |
| 20 | Oxford Community Schools | 23.8% |
| 21 | Avondale School District | 18.7% |
| 22 | Waterford School District | 15.5% |
| 23 | Oakland FlexTech High School | 14% |
| 24 | Clawson Public Schools | 11% |
| 25 | Ferndale Public Schools | 10.2% |
| 26 | Southfield Public School District | 8.8% |
| 27 | Michigan Virtual Charter Academy | 7.5% |
| 28 | Lighthouse Connections Academy | 6.4% |
| 29 | School District of the City of Oak Park | 1.9% |
