See how your local schools do on college remediation

Talent & Education — 08 May 2012

By Ron French/Bridge Magazine

In more than 100 school districts across the state, more than half the graduates enrolling in public colleges take remedial courses – in essence repeating lessons that should have been learned in high school.

Using the searchable database below of 515 public school districts with complete data, check out how your school district fares in remediation, as well as three other measures of college readiness:

1. The percentage of students considered “college ready” by the ACT. (Statewide average is 17 percent.)
2. The percentage considered “proficient” by the Michigan Merit Exam subject categories.* (Statewide average is 39 percent.)
3. High school graduation rate. (Statewide average is 74.3 percent.)
4. The percentage of graduates enrolled in Michigan public colleges taking remedial (high school-level) courses on campus. (Statewide average is 35.6 percent.)
* 17.1 percent of test takers were proficient in all categories statewide; district-level percentages for proficiency in all categories is not available.

School district	Total students	2011 grad percentage	ACT college ready 2011	Graduates in college remedial courses 08-09	MME percentage proficient 2011
Adams Township School District	433	88.57	26	24.0	53
Addison Community Schools	933	83.56	10	35.6	36
Adrian City School District	3218	62.17	8	51.1	24
Airport Community School District	2725	79.67	9	23.1	26
Akron-Fairgrove Schools	300	80	9	30.8	23
Alanson Public Schools	328	64	25	12.5	42
Alba Public Schools	174	88.89	8	42.9	25
Albion Public Schools	927	56.32	4	56.1	17
Alcona Community Schools	830	83.08	13	30.3	39
Algonac Community School District	1915	87.95	13	49.6	34
Allegan Public Schools	2780	64.13	11	15.2	32
Allen Park Public Schools	3824	82.47	13	39.8	38
Allendale Public School District	2265	93.63	22	30.4	46
Alma Public Schools	2265	78.97	15	49.4	39
Almont Community Schools	1665	91.28	16	30.8	36
Alpena Public Schools	4188	70.26	18	24.4	42
Anchor Bay School District	6264	82.58	16	27.7	40
Ann Arbor Public Schools	16496	83.57	41	17.2	62
Arenac Eastern School District	275	46.67	4	42.9	28
Armada Area Schools	1975	91.23	15	30.3	34
Arvon Township School District	6
Ashley Community Schools	360	80.95	8	50.0	25
Athens Area Schools	621	91.07	14	34.6	33
Atherton Community Schools	907	88.24	6	37.8	17
Atlanta Community Schools	306	70.27	0	58.3	18
Au Gres-Sims School District	401	76.47	24	33.3	41
AuTrain-Onota Public Schools	42
Avondale School District	3691	84.05	20	37.0	38
Bad Axe Public Schools	1194	72.12	18	19.6	44
Baldwin Community Schools	568	52.94	0	42.9	19
Bangor Public Schools	1231	57.76	6	37.5	23
Bangor Township S/D #8	25
Bangor Township Schools	2507	87.85	11	40.3	40
Baraga Area Schools	524	83.78	8	22.7	27
Bark River-Harris School District	684	94.29	20	7.1	50
Bath Community Schools	988	85.71	17	46.8	42
Battle Creek Public Schools	5412	51.83	4	72.8	18
Bay City School District	8586	73.36	14	37.1	39
Beal City Public Schools	692	85.23	7	36.1	38
Bear Lake School District	361	100	9	40.9	23
Beaver Island Community School	63	100	0	0.0	22
Beaverton Rural Schools	1403	81.56	10	76.4	25
Bedford Public Schools	5039	83.8	20	19.7	43
Beecher Community School District	1534	54.82	2	73.7	5
Belding Area School District	2161	83.54	8	30.1	33
Bellaire Public Schools	479	91.3	5	54.5	34
Bellevue Community Schools	631	77.19	8	48.4	25
Bendle Public Schools	2113	49.7	6	27.6	19
Bentley Community Schools	859	88.31	7	27.3	29
Benton Harbor Area Schools	3199	68.12	0	71.1	4
Benzie County Central Schools	1740	76.43	17	100.0	43
Berkley School District	4650	77.35	18	36.8	39
Berlin Township S/D #3	39
Berrien Springs Public Schools	2039	65.26	13	56.5	28
Bessemer Area School District	458	80.85	19	31.8	37
Big Bay De Noc School District	245	93.55	0	9.1	31
Big Jackson School District	38
Big Rapids Public Schools	1919	72.19	23	20.4	44
Birch Run Area School District	1865	82.31	10	46.3	31
Blissfield Community Schools	1255	84.38	16	24.6	39
Bloomfield Hills School District	5654	94.44	59	21.0	76
Bloomingdale Public School District	1405	72.29	8	24.1	33
Bois Blanc Pines School District	2
Boyne City Public Schools	1278	69.16	18	16.4	43
Boyne Falls Public School District	212	83.33	21	83.3	61
Brandon School District	3324	87.85	23	33.0	42
Brandywine Community Schools	1410	79.84	13	79.5	32
Breckenridge Community Schools	842	95.16	18	39.3	40
Breitung Township Schools	1689	93.29	21	12.5	50
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	1426	73.94	4	52.8	18
Bridgman Public Schools	991	97.18	16	69.2	46
Brighton Area Schools	6326	85.41	31	24.9	59
Brimley Area Schools	503	76.67	24	7.7	45
Britton Deerfield Schools	532	88.46	3	47.4	19
Bronson Community School District	1231	92	10	29.8	28
Brown City Community Schools	979	91.11	7	37.7	33
Buchanan Community Schools	1595	84.62	18	85.9	42
Buckley Community School District	406	82.35	5	61.5	31
Buena Vista School District	888	66.67	0	75.0	7
Bullock Creek School District	1982	87.9	15	39.7	42
Burr Oak Community School District	297	94.12	7	0.0	15
Burt Township School District	44	71.43		25.0
Byron Area Schools	1189	83.96	12	33.3	38
Byron Center Public Schools	3354	89.96	21	22.8	48
Cadillac Area Public Schools	3170	73.48	24	37.5	43
Caledonia Community Schools	4143	86.3	27	29.7	54
Camden-Frontier Schools	571	76.19	8	38.9	27
Capac Community School District	1478	88.39	12	50.6	36
Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	4563	84.66	11	35.6	27
Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	267	85	14	0.0	40
Caro Community Schools	1913	71.25	13	19.7	36
Carrollton School District	1995	60.12	3	55.0	22
Carson City-Crystal Area Schools	1019	76.92	6	31.1	29
Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District	598	62.24	18	40.0	38
Caseville Public Schools	267	80	28	11.1	39
Cass City Public Schools	1148	83.64	19	34.1	49
Cassopolis Public Schools	1181	40.57	6	74.6	22
Cedar Springs Public Schools	3287	76.87	15	38.2	39
Center Line Public Schools	2639	84.69	12	43.5	31
Central Lake Public Schools	381	89.47	13	31.3	35
Central Montcalm Public Schools	1856	84.62	12	33.8	36
Centreville Public Schools	914	75.9	13	5.1	38
Charlevoix Public Schools	1094	83.5	22	16.9	46
Charlotte Public Schools	2915	69.82	12	33.9	31
Chassell Township School District	278	95.83	24		51
Cheboygan Area Schools	1971	82.89	12	40.4	28
Chelsea School District	2541	90.75	34	16.8	61
Chesaning Union Schools	1677	73.94	13	33.3	35
Chippewa Hills School District	2256	69.39	9	47.0	34
Chippewa Valley Schools	16073	85.04	19	32.7	42
Church School District	24
City of Harper Woods Schools	1266	84.5	4	41.5	16
Clare Public Schools	1582	69.4	18	51.0	33
Clarenceville School District	1806	74.63	11	36.3	38
Clarkston Community School District	8093	86.72	28	33.3	52
Clawson Public Schools	1767	87.16	13	48.7	31
Climax-Scotts Community Schools	578	61.54	15	5.3	40
Clinton Community Schools	1116	88.24	27	32.3	48
Clintondale Community Schools	3601	16.29	4	63.8	15
Clio Area School District	3661	60.96	9	36.0	28
Coldwater Community Schools	3028	71.24	13	49.0	31
Coleman Community School District	799	93.02	10	47.2	36
Colfax Township S/D #1F	23
Coloma Community Schools	1823	75.32	9	53.9	30
Colon Community School District	642	84.78	6	11.5	38
Columbia School District	1588	74.53	18	37.1	47
Comstock Park Public Schools	2412	73.93	20	34.8	39
Comstock Public Schools	2245	49.13	23	9.9	35
Concord Community Schools	814	91.55	8	41.9	25
Constantine Public School District	1491	75.74	8	27.5	35
Coopersville Area Public School District	2483	91.63	20	28.7	46
Corunna Public School District	2380	86.78	13	30.7	36
Covert Public Schools	579	74.42	0	64.0	10
Crawford AuSable Schools	1783	73.81	20	39.2	41
Crestwood School District	3343	84.86	13	48.4	33
Croswell-Lexington Community Schools	2222	94.57	19	46.6	43
Dansville Schools	901	82.19	13	50.0	44
Davison Community Schools	5501	88.04	24	28.2	53
Dearborn City School District	18265	76.04	12	50.9	32
Dearborn Heights School District #7	2989	71.97	10	39.1	32
Decatur Public Schools	930	82.19	13	71.8	32
Deckerville Community School District	633	88.14	12	38.5	31
Delton-Kellogg School District	1592	63.54	14	30.8	35
DeTour Area Schools	153	87.5	16	54.5	40
Detroit City School District	75263	59.74	1	64.1	11
DeWitt Public Schools	3028	96.71	28	35.9	54
Dexter Community School District	3625	89.64	32	19.5	61
Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools	338	63.27	19	0.0	46
Dowagiac Union School District	2349	57.59	8	80.0	33
Dryden Community Schools	690	96	13	24.4	46
Dundee Community Schools	1651	82.19	18	25.0	40
Durand Area Schools	1684	73.81	5	39.7	27
East China School District	4829	87.88	19	41.2	48
East Detroit Public Schools	4235	67.17	3	52.3	17
East Grand Rapids Public Schools	2974	95.63	43	16.1	63
East Jackson Community Schools	1289	80.41	5	41.8	17
East Jordan Public Schools	1067	80.52	8	37.3	28
East Lansing School District	3435	83	35	30.1	58
Easton Township S/D #6	37
Eaton Rapids Public Schools	2735	71.8	15	40.6	41
Eau Claire Public Schools	729	93.55	3	92.6	16
Ecorse Public School District	992	54.62	0	85.0	2
Edwardsburg Public Schools	2743	91.85	19	73.9	42
Elk Rapids Schools	1435	90.27	26	40.3	49
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools	909	93.98	15	39.5	34
Ellsworth Community School	216	93.33	12	33.3	44
Elm River Township School District	12
Engadine Consolidated Schools	283	89.47	8	41.7	34
Escanaba Area Public Schools	2600	82.43	18	18.6	41
Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	1856	88.16	20	30.4	47
Evart Public Schools	1013	69.61	11	64.7	28
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School District	238	73.68	14	22.2	51
Excelsior Township S/D #1	56
Fairview Area School District	335	72.97	10	22.2	39
Farmington Public School District	11437	87.9	27	28.1	48
Farwell Area Schools	1462	79.13	4	60.9	24
Fennville Public Schools	1477	63.58	6	40.5	25
Fenton Area Public Schools	3472	84.35	25	29.7	50
Ferndale Public Schools	3952	45.06	7	54.8	23
Fitzgerald Public Schools	2902	72.49	4	42.1	19
Flat Rock Community Schools	2009	83.21	14	25.0	32
Flint City School District	10557	51.44	2	56.9	11
Flushing Community Schools	4381	85.37	16	26.0	44
Forest Area Community Schools	688	94.03	10	45.2	30
Forest Hills Public Schools	10058	94.05	39	18.0	65
Forest Park School District	479	80	19	16.1	42
Fowler Public Schools	537	97.87	17	53.1	45
Fowlerville Community Schools	2996	77.37	17	37.0	43
Frankenmuth School District	1240	96.27	47	17.0	72
Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	539	84.44	17	36.4	39
Fraser Public Schools	5140	87.81	11	36.9	32
Free Soil Community Schools
Freeland Community School District	1825	94.74	25	29.6	45
Fremont Public School District	2266	71.78	9	11.7	33
Fruitport Community Schools	3034	73.75	13	3.5	38
Fulton Schools	953	61.07	5	48.0	29
Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools	1193	86.9	11	17.6	37
Galien Township School District	160	2.56	0	83.3	17
Garden City School District	4893	62.5	11	53.3	32
Gaylord Community Schools	3142	87.1	15	28.3	43
Genesee School District	801	60.94	2	30.4	26
Gibraltar School District	3638	84.1	17	42.1	37
Gladstone Area Schools	1577	86.84	19	18.2	43
Gladwin Community Schools	1864	78.26	8	61.8	29
Glen Lake Community Schools	802	89.71	19	35.4	42
Glenn Public School District	38
Gobles Public School District	922	88.06	15	7.7	35
Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	1741	67.42	8	67.4	19
Godwin Heights Public Schools	2159	47.37	8	53.3	24
Goodrich Area Schools	2134	92.06	19	24.8	45
Grand Blanc Community Schools	8715	87.86	31	18.3	57
Grand Haven Area Public Schools	5918	83.66	28	12.2	56
Grand Ledge Public Schools	5006	79.04	22	42.1	45
Grand Rapids Public Schools	17560	47.61	9	56.1	22
Grandville Public Schools	5724	90.55	29	23.0	51
Grant Public School District	2159	80.46	7	23.5	29
Grant Township S/D #2	10
Grass Lake Community Schools	1265	92.93	12	43.4	33
Greenville Public Schools	3703	88.52	16	26.6	41
Grosse Ile Township Schools	1825	95.53	36	25.4	65
Grosse Pointe Public Schools	8153	93.99	38	15.5	63
Gull Lake Community Schools	2838	93.24	23	9.0	55
Gwinn Area Community Schools	1235	75.79	12	6.5	45
Hagar Township S/D #6	64
Hale Area Schools	597	58.06	14	57.1	28
Hamilton Community Schools	2609	89.95	29	24.5	56
Hamtramck Public Schools	2939	55.74	3	45.1	15
Hancock Public Schools	821	91.38	16	9.5	61
Hanover-Horton Schools	1283	92.39	19	38.3	40
Harbor Beach Community Schools	547	94.12	18	16.7	35
Harbor Springs School District	980	88.1	32	16.7	57
Harper Creek Community Schools	2601	86.15	12	42.3	35
Harrison Community Schools	1547	70.64	4	61.4	20
Hart Public School District	1186	82.76	5	5.0	28
Hartford Public School District	1698	50.6	16	37.8	30
Hartland Consolidated Schools	5599	87.95	26	28.7	49
Haslett Public Schools	2686	91.89	34	34.4	60
Hastings Area School District	2895	82.33	17	38.7	44
Hazel Park City School District	4804	16.71	4	50.8	16
Hemlock Public School District	1235	83.09	21	32.1	44
Hesperia Community Schools	1105	61	10	12.0	29
Highland Park City Schools	1278	34.75	0	76.8	9
Hillman Community Schools	526	85.37	11	12.5	36
Hillsdale Community Schools	1655	63.03	12	31.4	30
Holland City School District	3979	68.55	17	31.4	37
Holly Area School District	3611	78.18	23	34.1	52
Holt Public Schools	5849	67.79	15	45.5	46
Holton Public Schools	930	71.43	10	0.0	28
Homer Community Schools	1041	75	11	56.3	35
Hopkins Public Schools	1598	93.33	20	25.0	48
Houghton Lake Community Schools	1665	63.8	12	58.4	37
Houghton-Portage Township Schools	1261	96.7	51	3.0	69
Howell Public Schools	8246	81.94	18	35.5	43
Hudson Area Schools	931	78.57	9	48.1	28
Hudsonville Public School District	5860	94.44	27	22.0	53
Huron School District	2444	85.92	17	33.6	45
Huron Valley Schools	10047	85.26	18	32.8	46
Ida Public School District	1588	94.03	26	7.7	49
Imlay City Community Schools	2286	85.5	14	26.2	35
Inland Lakes Schools	898	84.38	13	36.1	33
Ionia Public Schools	3039	76.43	12	40.7	34
Ionia Township S/D #2	17
Iron Mountain Public Schools	1239	73.42	20	11.6	44
Ironwood Area Schools	913	77.03	8	27.7	28
Ishpeming Public School District	864	90.32	18	4.7	46
Ithaca Public Schools	1354	94.39	24	47.2	47
Jackson Public Schools	5960	67.74	9	55.1	24
Jefferson Schools (Monroe)	2164	78.49	9	23.6	29
Jenison Public Schools	4531	91.76	29	33.1	55
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	792	75	12	34.5	38
Jonesville Community Schools	1483	73.33	11	40.0	30
Kalamazoo Public School District	12268	64.19	12	22.4	30
Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	629	67.35	11	42.9	29
Kalkaska Public Schools	1551	66.67	12	54.7	38
Kearsley Community Schools	3162	78.23	14	24.5	34
Kelloggsville Public Schools	2327	48.63	5	38.7	27
Kenowa Hills Public Schools	3248	90.71	14	32.9	39
Kent City Community Schools	1305	84.21	11	31.0	34
Kentwood Public Schools	8576	70.36	14	38.1	37
Kingsley Area Schools	1494	89.57	16	50.0	45
Kingston Community School District	611	91.89	16	47.4	33
Laingsburg Community School District	1224	94.92	23	43.4	47
Lake City Area School District	1117	77.78	21	37.9	37
Lake Fenton Community Schools	1855	87.69	13	34.5	34
Lake Linden-Hubbell School District	508	94.87	10	17.4	42
Lake Orion Community Schools	7729	92.18	33	34.2	56
Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb)	3462	69.77	9	33.5	32
Lakeshore School District (Berrien)	2931	91.08	30	40.7	54
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)	1439	85.48	6	27.9	29
Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb)	3535	88.21	10	37.1	34
Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun)	3935	93.63	14	45.5	36
LakeVille Community Schools	1682	82.32	3	31.3	22
Lakewood Public Schools	2093	91.41	23	31.0	48
Lamphere Public Schools	2703	84.29	10	44.9	31
L'Anse Area Schools	748	74.68	18	25.0	35
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools	12091	66.46	14	32.8	35
Lansing Public School District	13013	50.71	4	68.0	18
Lapeer Community Schools	6102	81.82	14	26.6	41
Lawrence Public School District	709	70.37	19	33.3	39
Lawton Community School District	1041	83.13	18	14.5	43
Leland Public School District	472	88.57	30	44.0	59
Les Cheneaux Community Schools	294	88.57	38	50.0	55
Leslie Public Schools	1375	65.05	18	48.0	36
Lincoln Consolidated School District	4578	70.46	10	37.6	25
Lincoln Park Public Schools	4431	76.07	3	59.0	22
Linden Community Schools	2971	89.3	19	22.4	51
Litchfield Community Schools	345	92.86	16	75.0	32
Livonia Public Schools	15324	86.97	22	31.7	48
Lowell Area Schools	3826	89.36	27	21.2	52
Ludington Area School District	2146	74.78	22	21.1	47
Mackinac Island Public Schools	80	75		50.0
Mackinaw City Public Schools	187	90	13	12.5	61
Madison Public Schools (Oakland)	1392	63.44	3	50.0	15
Madison School District (Lenawee)	1498	83.53	14	45.1	37
Mancelona Public Schools	1011	80	4	50.0	32
Manchester Community Schools	1219	87.96	25	17.5	45
Manistee Area Schools	1666	87.29	14	23.3	41
Manistique Area Schools	914	85.71	12	15.2	34
Manton Consolidated Schools	973	87.5	10	54.3	29
Maple Valley Schools	1268	60.94	17	57.8	39
Mar Lee School District	334
Marcellus Community Schools	855	75.64	8	51.4	32
Marion Public Schools	550	71.79	5	73.9	20
Marlette Community Schools	1073	84.85	11	29.5	27
Marquette Area Public Schools	3047	81.82	24	13.8	48
Marshall Public Schools	2345	82.35	20	34.1	42
Martin Public Schools	604	78.38	10	13.6	31
Marysville Public Schools	2708	92.46	32	37.0	53
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)	1234	80	13	26.0	35
Mason County Central Schools	1539	75.91	10	28.6	34
Mason County Eastern Schools	469	94.29	3	18.2	30
Mason Public Schools (Ingham)	2931	81.18	14	39.2	42
Mattawan Consolidated School	3826	86.25	36	7.6	61
Mayville Community School District	816	86.3	8	51.4	29
McBain Rural Agricultural Schools	1075	85.37	19	48.8	40
Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	2770	84.24	3	60.8	23
Memphis Community Schools	1018	91.36	15	44.9	37
Mendon Community School District	684	94.12	22	7.9	41
Menominee Area Public Schools	1711	74.19	15	2.6	36
Meridian Public Schools	1316	89.58	16	32.0	42
Merrill Community Schools	762	95.52	7	52.9	33
Mesick Consolidated Schools	743	85.48	9	48.4	28
Michigan Center School District	1387	84.68	9	42.9	27
Mid Peninsula School District	229	94.74	7	0.0	21
Midland Public Schools	8327	89.2	40	19.9	64
Milan Area Schools	2635	76.01	15	17.4	34
Millington Community Schools	1464	78.23	14	34.0	32
Mio-AuSable Schools	646	83.64	14	40.0	36
Mona Shores Public School District	3832	90.68	19	8.6	50
Monroe Public Schools	6381	73.47	11	22.8	30
Montabella Community Schools	853	82.61	8	54.8	30
Montague Area Public Schools	1431	98.11	20	3.2	40
Montrose Community Schools	1486	72	13	35.7	35
Moran Township School District	84
Morenci Area Schools	739	78.72	7	43.3	30
Morley Stanwood Community Schools	1385	68.94	11	14.3	33
Morrice Area Schools	554	88.1	8	53.3	19
Mt. Clemens Community School District	1641	61.54	1	35.7	15
Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools	2621	36.3	5	50.0	21
Mt. Pleasant City School District	3510	74.61	19	45.0	47
Munising Public Schools	659	78	19	10.5	46
Muskegon City School District	4801	49.54	4	31.6	18
Muskegon Heights School District	1469	60.84	0	25.8	8
N.I.C.E. Community Schools	1208	80.2	22	22.0	51
Napoleon Community Schools	1517	89.57	16	39.5	41
Negaunee Public Schools	1394	96.19	27	14.9	54
New Buffalo Area Schools	663	95.08	18	68.8	42
New Haven Community Schools	1271	78.21	1	41.7	16
New Lothrop Area Public Schools	889	98.18	12	20.0	40
Newaygo Public School District	1784	77.02	17	18.3	40
Niles Community School District	3907	68.77	10	62.8	36
North Adams-Jerome Schools	455	80	14	44.4	30
North Branch Area Schools	2440	90.31	15	23.5	35
North Central Area Schools	469	36.9	6	30.0	29
North Dickinson County Schools	317	91.49	15	0.0	33
North Huron School District	450	80	3	45.0	35
North Muskegon Public Schools	951	91.3	28	13.6	66
Northport Public School District	171	86.67	30	46.2	46
Northview Public School District	3339	77.84	19	41.1	44
Northville Public Schools	7008	94.29	45	20.7	66
Northwest Community Schools	2850	74.29	11	41.2	33
Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	784	94.29	25	7.4	41
Nottawa Community School	141
Novi Community School District	6260	92.17	40	19.6	61
Oak Park City School District	3162	63.39	1	74.6	8
Oakridge Public Schools	1869	72.37	10	3.8	30
Okemos Public Schools	3909	89.04	46	21.6	69
Olivet Community Schools	1491	87	14	47.1	39
Onaway Area Community School District	684	85.42	10	56.5	37
Oneida Township S/D #3	15
Onekama Consolidated Schools	412	96	14	6.3	39
Onsted Community Schools	1627	88.74	13	39.3	35
Ontonagon Area Schools	473	82.93	10	27.3	31
Orchard View Schools	2762	59.92	6	4.4	25
Oscoda Area Schools	1347	61.54	4	43.1	25
Otsego Public Schools	2335	87.37	19	7.0	40
Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	1762	82.1	14	12.2	39
Owendale-Gagetown Area Schools	205	75	0	66.7	47
Owosso Public Schools	3327	73.24	13	52.6	38
Oxford Community Schools	4710	87.9	19	37.1	39
Palo Community School District	78
Parchment School District	1695	58.44	9	19.1	27
Paw Paw Public School District	2317	61.6	17	12.6	41
Peck Community School District	503	92.86	10	64.0	35
Pellston Public Schools	656	54.17	17	38.7	45
Pennfield Schools	2072	89.44	19	47.6	44
Pentwater Public School District	283	96	0	9.1	35
Perry Public School District	1630	78.61	16	52.2	41
Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools	669	96.2	33	39.1	64
Pickford Public Schools	593	43.16	9	50.0	31
Pinckney Community Schools	4332	88.7	20	31.3	42
Pinconning Area Schools	1462	80.71	10	45.8	35
Pine River Area Schools	1217	90	7	44.2	25
Pittsford Area Schools	624	89.66	12	45.0	26
Plainwell Community Schools	2728	82.83	22	6.0	48
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	18764	85.58	33	25.8	59
Pontiac City School District	5644	57.87	1	70.5	6
Port Hope Community Schools	82	91.67		25.0
Port Huron Area School District	9930	66.58	12	54.2	34
Portage Public Schools	8583	84.95	28	7.6	52
Portland Public School District	2042	81.64	17	37.8	41
Posen Consolidated School District	261	94.44	11	12.5	22
Potterville Public Schools	992	53.54	3	28.1	21
Powell Township Schools	47
Public Schools of Calumet	1506	84.11	16	20.4	40
Public Schools of Petoskey	2860	85.36	24	23.7	48
Quincy Community School District	1356	93.18	22	36.5	40
Rapid River Public Schools	390	96.43	16	21.4	48
Ravenna Public Schools	1014	92.54	10	3.6	29
Reading Community Schools	910	88.16	7	51.7	25
Redford Union School District	3180	67.52	5	55.6	21
Reed City Area Public Schools	1494	82.95	10	26.0	30
Reese Public Schools	910	89.01	15	20.8	35
Reeths-Puffer Schools	3943	83.44	14	7.4	39
Republic-Michigamme Schools	147	91.67	9	16.7	24
Richmond Community Schools	1673	88.55	10	31.3	36
River Rouge School District	1100	38.78	0	69.0	4
River Valley School District	674	90.48	23	43.5	44
Riverview Community School District	2746	90.74	16	38.7	45
Rochester Community School District	14806	92.54	38	21.3	62
Rockford Public Schools	7818	90.56	29	21.1	60
Rogers City Area Schools	562	88.33	18	20.0	52
Romeo Community Schools	5475	90.32	22	25.2	45
Romulus Community Schools	3612	60.14	3	58.0	19
Roscommon Area Public Schools	1458	67.92	12	54.5	32
Roseville Community Schools	5352	82.26	6	35.3	24
Rudyard Area Schools	861	90.57	22	31.8	37
Saginaw City School District	8041	60.03	9	55.4	23
Saginaw Township Community Schools	5140	82.32	17	36.6	41
Saline Area Schools	5277	90.36	44	15.9	66
Sand Creek Community Schools	926	86.67	12	44.7	33
Sandusky Community School District	1124	85.57	17	42.0	45
Saranac Community Schools	1116	86.52	21	25.0	42
Saugatuck Public Schools	840	91.67	20	37.8	51
Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools	2431	78.41	14	37.3	39
School District of the City of Birmingham	8057	96.15	48	21.4	66
School District of the City of Inkster	2947	60.28	0	61.3	7
School District of the City of Royal Oak	5240	75.92	23	32.0	46
School District of Ypsilanti	3680	57.45	4	39.4	17
Schoolcraft Community Schools	1119	89.8	22	2.8	51
Shelby Public Schools	1526	55.09	14	9.8	41
Shepherd Public School District	1884	78.72	8	52.1	35
Sigel Township S/D #3F	13
Sigel Township S/D #4F	18
Sigel Township S/D #6	9
Sodus Township S/D #5	69
South Haven Public Schools	2188	74.55	19	33.3	45
South Lake Schools	2085	90.64	4	33.0	24
South Lyon Community Schools	7048	88.08	27	32.4	56
South Redford School District	3235	84.86	10	52.6	29
Southfield Public School District	8154	88	4	64.4	18
Southgate Community School District	5581	42.62	8	49.8	34
Sparta Area Schools	2755	85.95	13	35.5	36
Spring Lake Public Schools	2419	96.41	37	11.1	60
Springport Public Schools	1038	82.43	17	38.5	40
St. Charles Community Schools	1087	76.85	13	33.3	45
St. Ignace Area Schools	626	87.93	18	30.0	37
St. Johns Public Schools	3174	92.5	19	41.2	43
St. Joseph Public Schools	2820	91.4	37	37.3	59
St. Louis Public Schools	1172	95.96	10	57.1	34
Standish-Sterling Community Schools	1740	80	15	41.2	31
Stanton Township Public Schools	138
Stephenson Area Public Schools	683	82.46	11	0.0	28
Stockbridge Community Schools	1568	86.71	17	49.4	36
Sturgis Public Schools	3283	75.53	16	11.4	37
Summerfield School District	766	89.04	9	25.0	37
Superior Central Schools	378	94.44	16	18.2	46
Suttons Bay Public Schools	681	67.37	16	33.3	40
Swan Valley School District	1800	88.83	14	41.9	37
Swartz Creek Community Schools	3979	88.62	9	24.0	31
Tahquamenon Area Schools	771	85.48	13	32.3	35
Tawas Area Schools	1271	85.09	16	27.5	39
Taylor School District	7753	69.55	5	58.4	21
Tecumseh Public Schools	2980	81.2	22	45.7	45
Tekonsha Community Schools	286	91.3	0	42.9	26
Thornapple Kellogg School District	2973	91.9	22	29.0	50
Three Rivers Community Schools	2747	71.6	11	13.3	30
Traverse City Area Public Schools	9833	81.65	24	43.9	52
Trenton Public Schools	2724	93.15	20	38.8	46
Tri County Area Schools	2392	71.2	9	25.6	35
Troy School District	11873	89.13	44	19.3	62
Ubly Community Schools	801	86.27	12	28.6	37
Union City Community Schools	1127	93.33	7	45.7	27
Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D.	835	83.87	21	42.2	43
Utica Community Schools	28923	90.36	22	24.4	47
Van Buren Public Schools	5501	79.96	8	37.9	28
Van Dyke Public Schools	3102	56.08	1	50.8	8
Vanderbilt Area Schools	146	100		36.4
Vandercook Lake Public Schools	1308	84	8	50.0	32
Vassar Public Schools	1527	77.06	15	37.5	35
Verona Township S/D #1F	26
Vestaburg Community Schools	696	84.62	14	23.1	33
Vicksburg Community Schools	2578	89.67	21	5.6	45
Wakefield-Marenisco School District	276	73.91		60.0
Waldron Area Schools	303	77.42	0	54.5	15
Walkerville Public Schools	319	94.12	5	30.8	33
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	15291	85.58	24	31.0	47
Warren Consolidated Schools	15671	79.64	13	33.5	32
Warren Woods Public Schools	3417	74.05	11	38.4	32
Waterford School District	11430	73.35	12	45.2	34
Watersmeet Township School District	168	90	0	26.7	26
Watervliet School District	1309	88.24	11	46.0	42
Waverly Community Schools	2995	86.76	11	43.0	26
Wayland Union Schools	2861	89.62	13	23.2	38
Wayne-Westland Community School District	12597	69.76	9	54.5	30
Webberville Community Schools	638	76.79	5	57.1	29
Wells Township School District	15
West Bloomfield School District	6671	89.22	31	28.9	51
West Branch-Rose City Area Schools	2264	69.06	13	51.6	41
West Iron County Public Schools	920	82.81	14	27.8	43
West Ottawa Public School District	7398	80.86	21	24.3	42
Western School District	2924	65.49	14	23.2	38
Westwood Community Schools	2616	28.04	1	78.8	13
Westwood Heights Schools	923	79.45	2	64.4	9
White Cloud Public Schools	1112	68.66	12	8.3	34
White Pigeon Community Schools	782	86.3	16	16.7	39
Whitefish Township Schools	50	100		0.0
Whiteford Agricultural Schools	729	90	6	22.6	34
Whitehall District Schools	2267	54.17	17	7.1	39
Whitmore Lake Public Schools	1129	86.6	18	30.9	42
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	1012	64.29	4	61.3	20
Williamston Community Schools	1829	95.15	24	41.4	52
Willow Run Community Schools	1608	46.04	3	31.9	13
Wolverine Community Schools	332	62.07	0	56.3	17
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	4879	77.62	14	41.0	41
Wyandotte City School District	3954	75.07	11	35.0	32
Wyoming Public Schools	4638	65.76	9	51.7	31
Yale Public Schools	2150	91.11	16	42.0	42
Zeeland Public Schools	5740	82.72	25	26.7	52

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Schoolchildren shuttle across SE Michigan, raising questions about funding, community identity

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Ron French

Bridge Magazine

(21) Readers Comments

David J
May 1, 2012 at 11:43 am

Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham , Troy & Northville; Forest Hills & E.Grand Rapids; Ann Arbor & Saline; Okemos:
Any surprise that these are the highest ranked districts in ACT and MME Proficiency (Frankenmuth appears to be the highest but lacks the larger numbers of students which those school systems have)? Socio-economic and education levels of parents are an obvious strong correlate for these districts’ “success” in preparing their students for college. Also, the generally “MUCH HIGHER than average per-pupil funding” (“grandfathered” in w/Proposal A), inherent in these systems, certainly provides enhanced programming opportunities (i.e. Advanced Placement courses, etc.). As the saying goes: “It is what it is.” Collectively, as Michiganders, are we up to an oft accompanying adage: “Whatever it takes!” (when it comes to investing in the future economic viability of our beloved state)?

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- Duane
  May 1, 2012 at 9:29 pm
  
  You go with the easy answer, you go with the answer that the media and the educators taugth. Have you ever looked past that and ask why kids sitting next to each other in the classroom can have such different results? Have you ever ask why there are kids that learn in the poorest schools, that go on and succeed in college?
  
  Never, it is too easy to simply blame the money, and never have to think.
  
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- Janet2
  May 3, 2012 at 11:55 am
  
  higher funded districts, wealthier population, stay at home moms on top of children and the schools…… Most important when families have more $$ that means they pay for tutoring and start the ACT classes in 9th grade if not sooner. All districts have the same curriculum in the state.
  
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  - Duane
    May 5, 2012 at 8:38 pm
    
    If that is the case then how do kids not in those situations ever succeed?
    
    Could it have anything to do with the kids themselves, their expectations, their purpose, or is always money?
    
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Matt
May 1, 2012 at 1:18 pm

Does this database include charter schools?

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- Derek Melot
  May 1, 2012 at 1:27 pm
  
  No. The database has 515 traditional K-12 districts, but not charter data. Thank you for your question. Derek Melot, senior editor.
  
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Roger Rayle
May 1, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Clicking on a heading in the table sorts the table in that order (click twice to reverse the order)… e.g. sorting by the last column shows Bloomfield Hills School District #1 with 76% MME proficient.

Since it seems that the table is a Google Doc, can we have a view-only link to documents like this so those who want to can copy it and create their own charts and analyses?

Are prior year data like this readily available so we can see results over the years? This is a situation where more open, linked data would allow mashing up data like this with tax base, school funding, and other data to see what it takes to improve education.

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- Derek Melot
  May 1, 2012 at 2:55 pm
  
  Short answer: No. The database you see is built off of an excel document, actually, so Google features are not available. On some aspects of prior year data, you might try the MDE site, http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-22709_31168_31530—,00.html
  Thanks for your question. Derek Melot, senior editor
  
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Jennnifer Burns
May 1, 2012 at 3:39 pm

Are the student population numbers for just the high school level or are the counts for the entire district?

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- Ron French
  May 1, 2012 at 3:43 pm
  
  The student population numbers are for the entire district. thanks, Ron French, senior writer
  
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Marjie
May 3, 2012 at 11:11 am

Can you tell us how you determine the “% in college remedial courses”?

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- Ron French
  May 3, 2012 at 11:25 am
  
  The percentage in college remedial courses is collected by the state; you can see the state figures at: https://www.mischooldata.org/CareerAndCollegeReadiness/CollegeRemediation.aspx
  then click on the “download the college remedial coursework excel file” to see the data for all districts
  
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Chuck
May 8, 2012 at 8:35 am

Remedial courses for students in college take place because the colleges give tests designed to have students barely pass or fail. Then the college tells the student that they have to take a remedial course before they can get in the course they need for college credit. It’s a money scam by greedy colleges and universities scrambling to compete against the glut of post secondary schools that are available to the general public and the high cost of employing instructors.

It’s easy to throw public education “under the bus” for these colleges. They do it, because they can. The stupid part is we have legislators in Michigan who subscribe to this “Data” and use it to destroy public education and the lives of professionals who have – in most cases – spent a lifetime of providing quality education to kids irrespective of their socio-economic status, parental involvement, and resources within a school system. When will colleges and universities be responsible for their work? Shouldn’t they be held accomtable tooo?

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David
May 8, 2012 at 9:55 am

Remediation is a money-grubbing scam by colleges. I didn’t know how to do calculus either when I went to college but nobody pushed me into a remedial class that didn’t count for anything important. I just sucked it up and did it. Kids today on average know more than we did back then so why do they being forced into useless, costly classes? We need a Bob Woodward-type to investigate this nonsense.

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Janet
May 8, 2012 at 2:47 pm

I am trying to ascertain why some schools with only fair to dismal percentages of college readiness have really low number of graduates needing remedial courses in college. Is this “remedial” percentage calculated from the total number of graduates of the particular high school or from the number of high school graduates that actually go on to study at college?

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- Ron French
  May 8, 2012 at 3:06 pm
  
  Hi Janet, good questions. This is a percentage of 1) kids from a school district who enroll in a public college who 2) take at least one remedial course. So high-achieving schools who send some of their best students to private schools are going to be over-represented here, and low-achieving schools who send few of their kids to any college are going to be under-represented. Is it perfect data? No. But it does give us more information than we’ve ever had before. Our hope is this data set will expand to include all colleges in the future.
  On your second question, this link should take you to a state website where you can download an excel spreadsheet that will include 1) the number and percent of kids enrolling in college and 2) the number and percent who completed at least one year of classes in college – by school district.
  https://www.mischooldata.org/CareerAndCollegeReadiness/CollegeEnrollment.aspx
  Hope that helps
  
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  - Janet
    May 8, 2012 at 10:48 pm
    
    Thank you for the clarification and link to additional information. I agree that this data is a wonderful start to understanding and addressing this situation. It would be of great benefit to also have data on what percentage of students from each school district go on to higher education.
    
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T.W.Donnelly
May 8, 2012 at 3:35 pm

Keep in mind students who have entered the US from other countries and whose English language skills are deficient. You would expect that this group would continue catch-up language classes at the community college level in order to do well in all English-based subjects. These same students might be extremely gifted in their own language, but since ACT and MME tests are English-based, lower scores are seen.
Too, there are numerous students who attend a different school each year due to family circumstances. Continuity flies right out the window.Hunger and homelessness are factors that need to be addressed in crunching these numbers. Single parent families have additional challenges compared to two parent households. Many kids are raising themselves, especially when mom/dad works two jobs to get by.
If parents are functionally illiterate, they are hard pressed to understand how to best help their children to move ahead in school.
So, there are a variety of social and economic factors that come in to impact a child’s progress.

I could have written this in Spanish, but could you have understood it? You, all grown up and college educated, might not be able to figure it out. That is a barrier that many youngsters face each day.

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Brendan Walsh
May 9, 2012 at 8:38 am

Here was a very interesting study I found regarding the reliability of the college place,ent exams used to determine whether a student is required ti enroll in a remedial college class. This is not the same as college aptitude exams, such as ACT.

The study was critical of the reliability of these exams as well, and in a familiar theme found high school GPA to be a better predictor. Which raises the question, why is there not more dialog on such core, fundamental measures as course grades? Think of how organic this is to the educational process. This is the Moneyball theme again. We should be gathering more of this type of data, what courses students take and what grades they get would be a big part of that.

http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=1030

Brendan

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Ben
May 9, 2012 at 10:41 pm

I thought the original data was pretty interesting, so I threw it into a Google Fusion Table and mapped it out. The resulting map can be seen here.

The points on the map should be more or less accurate, but feel free to access the actual fusion table here.

Links: Map – http://bit.ly/JeSTP4 Fusion Table – http://bit.ly/LT6wmL

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