Pontiac Times

Lake Orion Community Schools district ranked the 85th highest in college readiness statewide, based on its students’ performance on the 2023-24 SAT, according to the MI School Data.

Scores show that 35% of the 528 students assessed in the district were set for college at the time.

In the previous school year, 41.1% of 531 students tested hit the benchmarks.

Lake Orion Community Schools district reported that 37.3% of their students were proficient in the math section of the SAT, while 65.7% fared well in the evidence-based reading and writing portion.

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.

Rank	District	College Readiness
1	Oakland Schools	87.9%
2	Novi Community School District	61.7%
3	Troy School District	57%
4	Birmingham Public Schools	51.5%
5	Rochester Community School District	48.6%
6	Bloomfield Hills Schools	48.1%
7	Berkley School District	44.3%
8	Clarkston Community School District	42.7%
9	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	37.5%
10	South Lyon Community Schools	36.2%
11	Lake Orion Community Schools	35%
12	Farmington Public School District	33.6%
13	Royal Oak Schools	32.5%
14	West Bloomfield School District	30.3%
15	Huron Valley Schools	27.9%
16	Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland	25.3%
17	Holly Area School District	23.6%
18	AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	23.4%
19	Oxford Community Schools	23.1%
20	Clawson Public Schools	19.5%
21	Lamphere Public Schools	18.1%
22	Avondale School District	17.2%
23	Waterford School District	12.9%
24	Lighthouse Connections Academy	10%
25	Southfield Public School District	9.5%
26	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	9%
27	Ferndale Public Schools	7.3%
28	Oakside Prep Academy	6.8%