Clarkston Community School District ranked the 52nd highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.
Scores show that 42.7% of the 532 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.
In the previous school year, 39.7% of 521 students tested hit the benchmarks.
Clarkston Community School District reported that 44.2% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 70.3% 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 | Oakland Schools | 87.9% |
| 2 | Novi Community School District | 61.7% |
| 3 | Troy School District | 57% |
| 4 | Birmingham Public Schools | 51.5% |
| 5 | Rochester Community School District | 48.6% |
| 6 | Bloomfield Hills Schools | 48.1% |
| 7 | Berkley School District | 44.3% |
| 8 | Clarkston Community School District | 42.7% |
| 9 | Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | 37.5% |
| 10 | South Lyon Community Schools | 36.2% |
| 11 | Lake Orion Community Schools | 35% |
| 12 | Farmington Public School District | 33.6% |
| 13 | Royal Oak Schools | 32.5% |
| 14 | West Bloomfield School District | 30.3% |
| 15 | Huron Valley Schools | 27.9% |
| 16 | Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland | 25.3% |
| 17 | Holly Area School District | 23.6% |
| 18 | AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School | 23.4% |
| 19 | Oxford Community Schools | 23.1% |
| 20 | Clawson Public Schools | 19.5% |
| 21 | Lamphere Public Schools | 18.1% |
| 22 | Avondale School District | 17.2% |
| 23 | Waterford School District | 12.9% |
| 24 | Lighthouse Connections Academy | 10% |
| 25 | Southfield Public School District | 9.5% |
| 26 | Michigan Virtual Charter Academy | 9% |
| 27 | Ferndale Public Schools | 7.3% |
| 28 | Oakside Prep Academy | 6.8% |
