The top reported proficiency rate is 72% in English language arts. The lowest is 53% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Brewster Elementary School
Brewster Elementary School sits in Rochester Hills, a sprawling, primarily residential suburb about 25 miles north of downtown Detroit in Oakland County. The area is built around car travel, with separated subdivisions, strip commercial corridors along major roads, and campus-style institutional properties rather than a walkable downtown core. The neighboring smaller city of Rochester serves as the historic downtown for the broader area. Rochester Hills hosts Oakland University and Rochester Christian University, giving the city an educational-institution presence alongside its residential character. Parks like Spencer Park and natural features such as the Clinton River and Paint Creek provide recreational destinations, mostly reached by car. The city has a family-oriented profile, with a substantial share of households including children under 18.
Brewster is part of the Rochester Community School District, which operates multiple high schools and elementary schools across the large city area. It serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and has an enrollment in the upper 300s, a moderate size for an elementary building in this district. The student population is predominantly white, with the next largest group being Asian students, followed by smaller Hispanic, multiracial, and Black populations. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, among the lowest levels you will see in a public school and consistent with the affluent surrounding housing market. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not available, so those figures are left out rather than estimated.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, Brewster posts strong results. In English language arts, proficiency rates across third, fourth, and fifth grades are well above what most Oakland County schools achieve, with fourth grade standing out as a particular strength. Math results are also solid in third and fourth grade, though fifth-grade math proficiency drops to a noticeably lower level than the earlier grades. Science proficiency in fifth grade is strong, while social studies in fifth grade is the weakest reported result, landing near the middle of the range a parent would expect for a school of this caliber. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Oakland County. That is a strong standing, and the pattern suggests Brewster generally does well moving students to proficiency, with a dip in later-grade math that a parent may want to look into further with the school.
Because Brewster serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate or high school course access to report. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. Program offerings and staffing details were also not included in the available data, so we cannot characterize extracurriculars, specialized instruction, or teacher ratios from what is here.
The housing market around Brewster is expensive relative to both state and national benchmarks. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well above the statewide level, and rents are similarly elevated. Oakland County's broader market has seen inventory rising over the past year, with more active listings and a modest cooling in median listing prices, but the area around Brewster remains high-cost. For a family considering this school, the housing entry point is a real factor, and the cost reflects the affluent, established suburban setting that also shapes the school's low poverty rate and its academic results.
Brewster fits families looking for a strong-performing elementary school in a quiet, car-dependent suburban community where housing costs are high and the peer group skews affluent. The academic results are genuinely good, especially in the early grades and in English language arts, though the fifth-grade math dip and the middling social studies result are worth asking about. Rochester Hills itself offers institutional amenities through its universities and parks, but it is not a walkable, mixed-use environment. This is a school anchored in a stable, well-resourced residential community, and it performs accordingly.
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