Michigan’s Department of Education named six Lake Orion Elementary Schools as?”High Performing Reward Schools”‘for 2012- 13.
Carpenter Year Round Elementary School, Orion Oaks Multiage Elementary School, Paint Creek Elementary School, Pine Tree Elementary School, Stadium Drive Elementary School of the Arts, and Webber Elementary School were among the 344 of the 4,247 schools in Michigan to receive the distinction.
To be a “high performing,” schools must demonstrate high achievement on state assessments in’all five core subjects (reading, writing, math, science and social studies).