South Kent News

There was a decrease in the number of Byron Center Public Schools students considered ready for math classes in college in the 2023-24 school year, according to the MI School Data. Based on their performance on the math portion of the SAT, 62.6% of the students were set for college during the school year.

Similarly, college-level math readiness in Byron Center Public Schools the year before was 65.6%.

Byron Center Public Schools ranked third in college readiness for math this year, compared to other districts in Kent County. In the previous year, it was ranked the same.

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.

Due to the suspension of state assessments, SAT data for the 2019-20 academic year are not available.

Rank	District	Math average score overall
1	West Michigan Aviation Academy	567.5
2	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	558.8
3	West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science	558.2
4	Byron Center Public Schools	558
5	Forest Hills Public Schools	553.1
6	Lowell Area Schools	524.1
7	Rockford Public Schools	523.9
8	Caledonia Community Schools	510.7
9	Grandville Public Schools	503.8
10	Northview Public Schools	484.9
11	Sparta Area Schools	478.1
12	Cedar Springs Public Schools	471.1
13	Comstock Park Public Schools	462.4
14	Kent City Community Schools	458.2
15	Grand River Preparatory High School	452
16	Kentwood Public Schools	451.9
17	Tri County Area Schools	443.8
18	Grand Rapids Public Schools	429.8
18	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	429.8
20	Wyoming Public Schools	426.5
21	PrepNet Virtual Academy	416.3
22	Godwin Heights Public Schools	412.7
23	Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	404.8
24	Kelloggsville Public Schools	392.8