The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Math. The lowest is 46% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenfield Elementary School
Greenfield Elementary School sits in the village of Beverly Hills, a bedroom community in Oakland County roughly twenty miles northwest of downtown Detroit. The village is part of Southfield Township and has no traditional downtown district; civic life centers on the Municipal Building, where the Village Council meets twice monthly. Public schools are woven into the community rather than sitting on separated campuses, and Greenfield shares the village with Groves High School, Berkshire Middle School, and Beverly Elementary, all part of Birmingham Public Schools. Detroit Country Day School, a private prep school, also maintains its upper school and middle school campus in the village. The Rouge River runs through Beverly Hills, and recreational anchors include several parks plus a handful of athletic clubs offering swim and tennis programs. The village was incorporated as Westwood to prevent annexation by Southfield and later renamed. Its population has held relatively stable over recent decades, and no major new housing developments surfaced in publicly reported material.
Greenfield serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school. The enrollment is small for its grade band, with roughly three dozen to nearly four dozen students per grade. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Black enrollment and smaller Hispanic and multiracial populations. Asian and American Indian students each represent a sliver of the population. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
On state assessments, Greenfield posts results that place it in the top quartile among districts in Oakland County for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. Reading performance is a clear strength. Third, fourth, and fifth graders each met or exceeded proficiency at rates well above typical state levels, and the consistency across all three tested grades suggests stable literacy instruction rather than a single strong cohort passing through. Math results tell a more mixed story. Third and fourth grade math proficiency ran strong, with most tested students clearing the proficiency bar. Fifth grade math, though, dropped noticeably, with fewer than half of tested fifth graders reaching proficiency. Science and social studies, both assessed only in fifth grade, landed in a middle range, with roughly half of students proficient in science and slightly below half in social studies. The fifth grade math dip is the kind of pattern a parent may want to look into further with the school, since it stands apart from the otherwise solid results in younger grades and in reading.
Because Greenfield is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and the grade band does not include the years where that measure applies. The same applies to course access data for advanced secondary coursework, which is not part of this school's scope. Chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing, and attendance figures were not available in the provided data, so those dimensions of school climate cannot be described. No specific program offerings were listed, and no multi-year trend data was available, so any sense of whether these results are improving or slipping over time would require looking elsewhere.
The housing market around Greenfield reflects an affluent suburban setting. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well above both state and national benchmarks, and the broader Oakland County market shows healthy listing activity with homes moving at a moderate pace. Rent data was not available for this zip code. The price-to-income ratio suggests the area demands a strong household income to buy in, which lines up with the village's character as a stable residential community with limited commercial presence. Families considering the area should expect a housing market that is competitive and priced for a comfortable suburban lifestyle.
Greenfield fits a family looking for a small, established elementary school in a quiet residential suburb, with solid early-grade literacy and math instruction and a peer environment that is economically comfortable and racially mixed. The fifth grade math and science results are worth asking about, but the overall academic profile is strong for this grade band. The broader Birmingham Public Schools district context did not yield specific recent changes in the available material, so families would want to consult the district directly for any curriculum or facility updates on the horizon.
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