The top reported proficiency rate is 53% in Science. The lowest is 40% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Keith Elementary School
Keith Elementary School is a regular public school in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools district, serving kindergarten through fifth grade on Keith Road in West Bloomfield. It is a mid-sized elementary for its grade band, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across the six grades. The student body is predominantly white, with small proportions of Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Roughly a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a modest share for the area. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and the available data does not indicate a Title I designation either way. Information on special education and English learner populations was not reported, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those services.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, Keith shows a solid academic profile across the tested grades and subjects. Math proficiency sits above the midpoint in every tested grade, with third and fourth grade particularly strong and fifth grade a step below those but still at a respectable level. English language arts follows a similar pattern, with a lower third-grade result, a middle-performing fourth grade, and a fifth-grade proficiency rate that stands out as the school's strongest showing. Science proficiency in fifth grade is above the midpoint, while social studies in fifth grade is the weakest reported result and the one area where a parent may want to look into this further with the school. Taken together, Keith's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among districts in Oakland County, a county with a wide spread of outcomes and a large cohort of districts. That positioning reflects a school performing meaningfully above the county's central tendency.
Because Keith is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric does not apply here. Chronic absenteeism data was not available in the provided records. Discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance details were also not reported, so the picture of school climate is limited to what the test results and enrollment figures convey. The district-level brief for Walled Lake Consolidated Schools did not surface confirmed parent-relevant changes such as bond referendums, curriculum shifts, or facility timelines, so there is little to relay on that front.
The surrounding community shapes what life at Keith looks like outside the classroom. West Bloomfield is a charter township in Oakland County, a mature northwestern suburb of Detroit with a car-dependent layout and no traditional walkable downtown. Commercial life runs along Orchard Lake Road and West Maple Road, lined with strip malls and shopping complexes rather than a pedestrian main street. Residential neighborhoods cluster around the township's many lakes, and the area is sometimes called the lake township of Oakland County. Cass Lake, the largest in the county, is partly within its borders. The township's largest employer is Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, a Level III trauma center and primary stroke center. Civic anchors include the public library, the parks system, nature preserves, and cultural institutions such as the Jewish Community Center and the Chaldean Cultural Center. West Bloomfield is served by seven school districts, more than any other municipality in the county, which means schools are spread across separate campuses throughout the township rather than anchored to a single civic core.
The housing market in the school's zip code sits well above the state benchmark and above the national benchmark, reflecting the broader character of Oakland County. Homes here are expensive relative to much of Michigan, and the rental market carries a more moderate cost. Recent trends show home values continuing to rise modestly year over year, while county-level listing prices have softened somewhat and days on market have edged up. The market is active, with steady supply and demand, but the price-to-income ratio suggests affordability is a real constraint for families trying to move into the attendance area.
For a family weighing Keith, the read is straightforward. This is a mid-sized, predominantly white, suburban elementary school in a well-resourced lakeside community, with above-county-midpoint proficiency across most tested subjects and grades. The fifth-grade ELA and science results are particular strengths, while social studies is the soft spot. The car-dependent, lake-oriented setting and the relatively high housing costs are characteristics to weigh depending on what a family is looking for, not markers of quality one way or the other.
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