Ann Arbor Public Schools drop to eighth best district in Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Tree City college students and academics are a part of the eighth-best faculty district in Michigan, in response to Area of interest.

Ann Arbor Public Colleges ranked within the high 10 of Michigan colleges on the monetary recommendation web site’s “2023 Finest Faculty Districts in Michigan” checklist.

Whereas Area of interest gave the district an total grade of A+, AAPS dropped within the rankings after having been in fourth place in 2022, and in second place in 2021.

The district at the moment serves nearly 17,500 college students between 32 colleges, with 70% of scholars thought-about proficient in studying and 66% proficient in math, Area of interest mentioned.

This yr, it was crushed by Northville, Okemos and a number of other different faculty districts in Metro Detroit.

Right here’s how rankings are determined:

Area of interest thought-about a number of components, together with faculty district opinions and knowledge pulled from the U.S. Division of Schooling.

Components included SAT/ACT scores, trainer wage, racial and financial variety, the variety of sports activities, faculty readiness, commencement charges and trainer high quality.

Most colleges throughout the AAPS system got grades of A or A+; nevertheless, there have been some that got Bs and Cs.

Discover the complete methodology right here.

These are the highest 10 public faculty districts in Michigan:

1. Novi Group Faculty District

2. Troy Faculty District

3. Northville Public Colleges

4. Okemos Public Colleges

5. Birmingham Public Colleges

6. Bloomfield Hills Colleges

7. Saline Space Colleges

8. Ann Arbor Public Colleges

9. Oakland Colleges

10. Grosse Pointe Public Faculty System