Tri-City Sun

Birch Run Area Schools district ranked the 195th highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 23.7% of the 131 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 27.2% of 125 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Birch Run Area Schools district reported that 28.2% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 51.1% 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	Frankenmuth School District	48.6%
2	Chesaning Union Schools	43%
3	Saginaw ISD	38.5%
4	Freeland Community School District	32.8%
5	Hemlock Public School District	31.1%
6	Swan Valley School District	27.4%
7	Birch Run Area Schools	23.7%
8	Saginaw Township Community Schools	22.6%
9	St. Charles Community Schools	21.7%
10	School District of the City of Saginaw	13.8%
11	Carrollton Public Schools	7.8%