Kingsbury Country Day School, Oxford MI

Original Research by School Decision on Kingsbury Country Day School

Kingsbury Country Day School is a public charter academy serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade on an environmental-education campus along Hosner Road in Oxford, in Oakland County. The school operates as its own charter district, and in 2024 it transitioned to management by Choice Schools, a change that publicly reported sources say affects staffing, curriculum support, and day-to-day operations. The campus is described as an environmental-education setting, which speaks to the school's identity as much as its academic program.

The enrollment is small for a school spanning so many grade levels, with roughly even distribution across grades from kindergarten through eighth. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller Hispanic and multiracial populations and very few Black or Asian students. The share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is modest, well below what many public schools in the region serve. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those dimensions of the school's support environment are not something a parent can evaluate from the provided records alone.

On state assessments, Kingsbury's results paint a mixed picture. English language arts is the school's clear relative strength. Across grades three through eight, ELA proficiency sits at or above the mid-range, with the strongest results in fifth, seventh, and especially eighth grade, where a large majority of tested students reached proficiency. Science and social studies results are also solid, with fifth-grade science and eighth-grade social studies standing out as particular bright spots. Math is the softer area. Proficiency rates in math hover in the low-to-mid range across grades three through eight, with no grade reaching a majority proficient. The school's overall proficiency index, which averages results across all tested subjects and grades, places above the midpoint relative to districts in Oakland County. That is a respectable standing in a county with many high-performing districts, though the math results suggest an area a parent may want to look into further with the school. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided records whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability.

Because Kingsbury does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and that gap is simply a function of the grade band the school covers. No data on chronic absenteeism, course access, discipline, or staffing was available, which limits what can be said about the school's climate and operations beyond the test results.

The surrounding community shapes what families experience here. Oxford is a small village about thirty miles north of Detroit, functioning as a northern suburb in the Metro Detroit region. The village center runs for about two blocks of shops, restaurants, and taverns, giving it a compact, walkable commercial core surrounded by residential streets. Civic life in the village centers on school events, downtown fairs, and seasonal gatherings. Oxford Community Schools, the traditional public district, operates schools spread across the broader township, and Kingsbury exists as a charter alternative within that same geography.

The housing market in the area is relatively expensive. The typical home value in the school's zip code sits well above both state and national benchmarks, reflecting Oakland County's broader affluence. Rents were not available in the provided data. The village itself has seen a modest population decline in recent years, even as home values and median incomes have risen. That combination of a shrinking residential base and appreciating property values is worth noting for families considering a move into the attendance area, since it signals a community where housing costs may outpace local population growth.

What Kingsbury offers is a small, environmentally themed charter school option in a semi-rural corner of an affluent county, with solid reading and science results, a homogenous student body, and math results that trail its own stronger subject areas. Families drawn to outdoor and environmental education, smaller class sizes, and a close-knit campus culture may find it a good fit, particularly if they are prepared to ask questions about math instruction and the transition to new management.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

even with state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 34%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 355%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 16 pts above state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income62%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap