40.7% of Williamston Community Schools district students ready for college in 2023-24 school year

40.7% of Williamston Community Schools district students ready for college in 2023-24 school year
Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction — https://radio.wcmu.org/
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Williamston Community Schools district ranked the 61st highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 40.7% of the 135 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 48.3% of 143 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Williamston Community Schools district reported that 40.7% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 78.5% 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.

Williamston Community Schools College Readiness Over 4 Years
Ingham County Districts Ranked by College Readiness in 2023-24 School Year
Rank District College Readiness
1 Okemos Public Schools 58%
2 Haslett Public Schools 41.8%
3 Williamston Community Schools 40.7%
4 East Lansing School District 37.7%
5 Mason Public Schools (Ingham) 36.3%
6 Leslie Public Schools 31.8%
7 Holt Public Schools 25.5%
8 Stockbridge Community Schools 20.3%
9 Dansville Schools 14.3%
10 Michigan Connections Academy 14.1%
11 Lansing Public School District 5.9%


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