Pembroke Elementary School, Troy MI

Original Research by School Decision on Pembroke Elementary School

Pembroke Elementary School sits in Troy, a mature, car-oriented Detroit suburb known for its corporate office parks and regional retail rather than a walkable town center. The school is part of Birmingham Public Schools, a district whose recent parent-facing changes our search did not turn up, so we leave that area aside rather than guess. Pembroke serves kindergarten through fifth grade and operates as a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation.

The academic picture here is genuinely strong. On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, proficiency rates across math and English language arts rise steadily from third grade to fifth, with fifth-grade math reaching a level that stands out even in a well-resourced county. Science results for fifth graders are similarly high. Social studies is the one subject where proficiency dips to a more middling level, and a parent may want to look into how that subject is approached in the upper grades. Measured against districts in Oakland County, Pembroke's overall proficiency sits in the top quartile, which is a meaningful marker given that Oakland County contains some of the most affluent and highest-performing districts in the state.

The student body is moderate in size for a single elementary school. It is predominantly white, with small representation across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is low, reflecting the broader economic profile of the surrounding area. Information on English learner status and special education enrollment was not available in the data we received, so we cannot characterize those populations here. Because Pembroke is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than any gap in performance.

Troy itself is a place shaped by postwar suburban expansion and corporate growth. Publicly reported sources describe it as a center for automotive and financial-sector employers, with major retail anchors along Big Beaver Road and Interstate 75 running through the city. There is no traditional downtown; civic amenities like the community center, public library, and historic village are spread across separate sites. The housing market in Pembroke's zip code carries typical home values well above both the state and national benchmarks, with rents that have eased slightly in recent months while sale prices have held relatively firm. The broader Oakland County market has seen a buildup in active listings, giving buyers more inventory than a year ago, though homes still move at a moderate pace. For a family weighing the area, the cost of entry is real, and it aligns with the kind of academic outcomes and peer environment the school delivers.

Pembroke does not have locale, staffing, discipline, attendance, or course-access data in the materials we reviewed, so we cannot speak to class sizes, specialist offerings, or extracurriculars from the evidence at hand. What the data does show is a school where tested performance is consistently strong across most subjects and grades, where the student population is relatively homogeneous and economically stable, and where the surrounding community offers substantial commercial and civic infrastructure at the cost of a car-dependent lifestyle. For families already in or considering the Birmingham Public Schools attendance area, Pembroke presents a solid academic foundation in the elementary years, with the social studies results being the one area worth a closer conversation with the school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 71% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 74% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 62% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 67% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 75% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 73% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 67% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 55%

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

This schoolBirmingham Public Schools, same grade

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-income46%Higher-income69%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income81%31 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income71%44 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income76%26 pp gap