The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in English language arts. The lowest is 45% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Conant Elementary School
Conant Elementary School sits in the heart of Bloomfield Hills, an affluent, almost exclusively residential suburb of Detroit. The city describes itself as a community that values "quiet, rural residential properties," and the built environment confirms it: large wooded lots, winding residential roads, stately homes, and no commercial corridor or walkable main street within city limits. There is no downtown. Civic and cultural life instead clusters around institutional campuses, most prominently the Cranbrook Educational Community, a National Historic Landmark with a science museum, art academy, gardens, and private schools. Several corporate headquarters call Bloomfield Hills home, but the city's everyday texture is one of privacy and low density rather than street-level activity. Residents rely on personal vehicles, and no public transit system serves the city specifically. The community's official stance is explicitly anti-growth, and the city is essentially built out, so large-scale new housing is unlikely.
The housing market reflects this. Typical home values in Conant's zip code sit well above both the state and national benchmarks, and above the broader Oakland County median listing price. Rents, by contrast, are more moderate relative to the area. For a family considering enrollment, this means the neighborhood around Conant is expensive to buy into and sparsely populated, with a car-dependent lifestyle and limited retail within walking distance.
Conant serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Bloomfield Hills Schools district. The student body is sizable for an elementary school in this grade band. The school's demographic profile is predominantly white, with smaller Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial populations. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, consistent with the surrounding community's wealth. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those population sizes are unknown here.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, Conant posts strong results across most tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, the majority of third graders, a larger majority of fourth graders, and roughly three-quarters of fifth graders reached proficiency. Math follows a similar pattern in the lower grades, with most third and fourth graders proficient, though fifth grade math dips more noticeably. Fifth grade science shows a solid majority proficient, while fifth grade social studies is the weakest area, with fewer than half of tested students reaching that bar. A parent may want to look into the social studies result further with the school, since it stands apart from the otherwise consistent performance across other subjects. Participation rates were not reported, so it is not possible to confirm full test participation from the available data.
Positioned against other districts in Oakland County, Conant's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile, well above the county median and near the top of the range. This is a school where academic outcomes are a clear strength relative to its peers.
The broader district has undergone a substantial facilities reconfiguration. In fall 2023, Bloomfield Hills Schools converted the former Lahser High School into North Hills Middle School and renovated and renamed Bloomfield Hills Middle School as South Hills Middle School. Two elementary schools relocated to former middle school buildings, and a former elementary building became a preschool. In fall 2024, another elementary moved and its prior building became a second preschool site. These changes restructured attendance boundaries across the district. While Conant itself was not directly moved, families should be aware that the district's footprint has shifted considerably in recent years, and boundary or feeder patterns may continue to evolve.
What Conant offers is a strong academic elementary experience in a quiet, affluent, residential setting with high proficiency and a peer group drawn largely from professional and executive households. The trade-off is a community with little street life, no walkable commercial core, and a high cost of entry for homebuyers. For families already in or able to access Bloomfield Hills, Conant delivers consistently solid academic results in a calm, well-resourced environment.
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