Coming out of high school with 2 yrs of algebra and geometry ( no trig or calc), I struggled mightly with the one year of college math I had to take.

That said, my lack of serious math skills hasn't hurt me in my career. Not everyone needs to go to college, not everyone needs too much more beyond basic math skills. OTOH, a country full of math ciphers is headed downhill. Fast.

But primary and secondary public education on the whole fails miserably in this regard. How we have failed to educate our young is criminal. And it will not get better.