Croswell-Lexington Community Schools

Two Cros-Lex schools were honored as Reward Schools for either high student achievement or making tremendous progress in student achievement, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced August 2.Reward Schools is one of three new school designations that came as the result of Michigan receiving flexibility to the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act from the U.S. Department of Education. Croswell-Lexington High School and Meyer Elementary School in Lexington were the only two schools in Sanilac County honored as Reward Schools. Reward Schools include the top five percent of schools on the annual Top-to-Bottom ranking of all Michigan schools, and the top five percent of schools making the greatest academic progress over the previous four years. With a 98% ranking, Cros-Lex's Meyer Elementary is the highest ranked school in the Blue Water Area and Michigan's Thumb.