The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in Math. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Rogers School
Rogers School is a regular public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, part of the Pontiac City School District and located on Dexter Road in Auburn Hills, in Oakland County. The school sits in a city whose identity is overwhelmingly corporate and industrial. Auburn Hills hosts the North American headquarters of Stellantis and BorgWarner, along with dozens of other international firms and technology parks, while Oakland University's main campus is within the city limits. Great Lakes Crossing Outlets adds a major retail presence. The daytime population swells with workers, but residential life clusters in suburban neighborhoods and apartment complexes near a small downtown district. The built environment is largely car-dependent, organized around Interstate 75 and wide arterial roads, though the Clinton River Trail offers a walking and biking path through the area.
The school draws a diverse student body. The largest groups are Black and Hispanic students, with smaller White, multiracial, and Asian populations. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to a community with meaningful economic need. The school serves a modest enrollment for its grade band. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those population sizes are unknown here. Auburn Hills is served by three districts, Avondale, Pontiac, and Rochester Community Schools, and Rogers falls under Pontiac, which has opened additional public options including the International Technology Academy, a technology-focused school, and alternative pathways through P.E.A.C. Academy and a Tier III Intervention Academy.
State assessment results from the most recent year tell a mixed but largely sobering story. Third-grade math proficiency landed below a third of tested students, while fourth-grade math rose to a level where two-fifths demonstrated proficiency. Fifth-grade math was reported in a range near zero, with no students reaching the proficient threshold. English language arts followed a similar downward pattern by grade: third grade saw fewer than one in five proficient, fourth grade improved to roughly a quarter, and fifth grade dropped to under one in ten. Science and social studies results for fifth grade were also very low, with social studies reported in a range near zero. Participation rates were missing from the available data, and the state flagged a cut-score change for social studies, so direct trend comparisons should be treated with caution.
Against the Oakland County district comparison set, Rogers sits below the midpoint for overall proficiency. The county median proficiency index is roughly double what Rogers recorded, and the gap to the top-performing districts is wide. This is a school where most tested grades are struggling to reach proficiency in core subjects, with fourth grade being the relative bright spot in both math and English. A parent considering Rogers may want to ask the school directly about its instructional approach for the upper elementary grades, where the fifth-grade results are especially low, and about what supports are in place for students reading below grade level.
Because Rogers serves only elementary grades, it has no graduation rate, and that metric does not apply here. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. Information on staffing, discipline, course access, and attendance was also absent from the provided data, so those dimensions could not be assessed. The Pontiac City School District's publicly reported additions of specialized and alternative schools suggest the district is working to broaden options, but the available data does not speak to how those programs connect to students at Rogers specifically.
On the housing side, the local market is more accessible than much of Oakland County. Home values in the school's zip code sit below the county median listing price and modestly above the state benchmark, with rents running below the estimated monthly cost of ownership. The county market has seen a seasonal uptick in listings and a slight cooling of median prices, while rent locally has eased slightly year over year. For a family weighing affordability, the area around Rogers offers a lower-cost entry point into Oakland County than many neighboring communities, with the trade-off being a school whose academic results currently lag well behind county norms.
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