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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Stadium Drive Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ORION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 262073005742
Stadium Drive Elementary School
244 STADIUM DR, LAKE ORION, MI 48360 · (248) 693-5475 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
55 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
66.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Stadium Drive Elementary School
Stadium Drive Elementary School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium Drive Elementary School this school | 444 | 12.4% | 59.5% |
| Meadow Brook Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 428 | 11.0% | 60.3% |
| North Hill Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 512 | 10.7% | 67.8% |
| Burns Park Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 477 | 19.5% | 68.2% |
| Harvest Elementary School SALINE | 439 | 10.3% | 75.5% |
| Moorsbridge Elementary School PORTAGE | 591 | 11.3% | 61.4% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Stadium Drive Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #224 of 1,085 | #53 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #133 of 1,072 | #33 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #52 of 1,139 | #12 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #462 of 1,630 | #69 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,271 of 1,424 | #156 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #351 of 1,424 | #61 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #1,482 of 1,563 | #137 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #579 of 979 | #67 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
444
-35 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 20.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 444 | 23.4 | 19.0:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 27.6 | 16.8:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 23 | 21.5:1 | 16% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 22 | 22.8:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 22 | 21.8:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 7% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stadium Drive Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (495 to 444); teachers up 2% (23 to 23.4).
About Stadium Drive Elementary School
Stadium Drive Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in LAKE ORION, Michigan. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 444 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Stadium Drive Elementary School is one of the 13 schools that make up Lake Orion Community Schools (6,472 students in total).
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Stadium Drive Elementary School. Smaller groups are 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Stadium Drive Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.0:1, with 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 12%. It compares with 32% for public schools in Oakland County.
Stadium Drive Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Stadium Drive Elementary School is 1.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (59.5% versus 60.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
Federal survey data for Oakland County show that median household income is about $97,760, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 345 public schools operate in Oakland County, serving about 169,926 students.
Of nearby public schools, Scripps Middle School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 57.7%, lower than Stadium Drive Elementary School's 59.5%.
The federal government classifies Stadium Drive Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 444, 7% below the 479 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Stadium Drive Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Orion Community Schools
- Lake Orion Community High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Orion Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Waldon Middle SchoolMiddle · 514 students
- Oakview Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Paint Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Webber SchoolElementary · 485 students
Other schools in LAKE ORION
- Lake Orion Community High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Orion Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Waldon Middle SchoolMiddle · 514 students
- Paint Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Webber SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Carpenter Elem SchoolElementary · 467 students
Other Stadium Drive Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Stadium Drive Elementary. Stadium Drive Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Stadium Drive Elementary SchoolYoungstown, OH · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Scripps Middle School0.1 mi · 446
- Learning Options High School0.2 mi · 73
- Community Ed Resource Center0.2 mi · 1
- Lake Orion Community High School0.4 mi · 2,035
- Pine Tree Center1.9 mi · 56
- Orion Oaks Elementary School2.1 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Stadium Drive Elementary SchoolHow large is Stadium Drive Elementary School?
Stadium Drive Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Stadium Drive Elementary School serve?
Stadium Drive Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Stadium Drive Elementary School have?
Stadium Drive Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stadium Drive Elementary School?
At Stadium Drive Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Stadium Drive Elementary School public or private?
Stadium Drive Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Orion Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.