Pontiac Times

There was a decrease in the number of Lake Orion Community 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, 37.3% of the students were set for college during the school year.

In contrast, college-level math readiness in Lake Orion Community Schools the year before was 44.1%.

Lake Orion Community Schools ranked 11th in college readiness for math this year, compared to other districts in Oakland County. In the previous year, it was ranked 10th.

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	Oakland Schools	639.3
2	Novi Community School District	583.2
3	Troy School District	565.9
4	Birmingham Public Schools	541.7
5	Rochester Community School District	533.4
6	Bloomfield Hills Schools	525.4
7	Clarkston Community School District	516.3
8	Berkley School District	510.6
9	Lake Orion Community Schools	501.5
10	South Lyon Community Schools	499.7
11	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	496.9
12	Farmington Public School District	493.9
13	Royal Oak Schools	486.9
14	West Bloomfield School District	481.6
15	Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland	478.4
16	Huron Valley Schools	469.7
17	Oxford Community Schools	467.4
18	AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	466.6
19	Lamphere Public Schools	453.8
20	Clawson Public Schools	450.4
21	Holly Area School District	448.2
22	Avondale School District	437.1
23	Waterford School District	430.4
24	Southfield Public School District	412
25	Lighthouse Connections Academy	411.3
26	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	408.1
27	Ferndale Public Schools	391.2
28	Oakside Prep Academy	390.5