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Port Huron Area School District ranked the 118th lowest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2022-23 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 17.2% of the 603 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 13.6% of 545 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Port Huron Area School District reported that 17.6% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 39.1% 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	Marysville Public Schools	38.9%
2	Anchor Bay School District	35.3%
3	Yale Public Schools	33.1%
4	East China School District	31.9%
5	Capac Community Schools	28.8%
6	Port Huron Area School District	17.2%
7	Algonac Community School District	15.1%