Stadium Drive Elementary School

Stadium Drive Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in LAKE ORION, Michigan, one of the schools within Lake Orion Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 444 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Stadium Drive Elementary School sits 20% above that benchmark.

Stadium Drive Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Lake Orion Community Schools, a district that educates 6,472 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stadium Drive Elementary School lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Stadium Drive Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Stadium Drive Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 59.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Stadium Drive Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Scripps Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stadium Drive Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Stadium Drive Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Stadium Drive Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.