Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262994006569
Brewster Elementary School
1535 BREWSTER RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48306 · (248) 726-3300 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
18 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
67.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brewster Elementary School
Brewster Elementary School's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster Elementary School this school | 377 | 4.8% | 66.8% |
| University Hills Elem School ROCHESTER HILLS | 379 | 8.4% | 65.0% |
| Silver Springs Elementary School NORTHVILLE | 403 | 8.9% | 67.2% |
| Hill Elementary School TROY | 363 | 12.7% | 56.6% |
| Uriah H Lawton School ANN ARBOR | 422 | 14.0% | 73.0% |
| Cornell Elementary School OKEMOS | 439 | 12.3% | 61.9% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brewster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #103 of 1,085 | #23 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #117 of 1,072 | #27 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #65 of 1,139 | #17 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #762 of 1,630 | #114 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #312 of 1,424 | #40 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #452 of 1,424 | #77 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.8% | #1,554 of 1,563 | #167 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #727 of 979 | #88 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
377
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 377 | 26.6 | 14.2:1 | 5% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 24.5 | 16.3:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 5% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 25.1 | 16.1:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brewster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (403 to 377); teachers up 6% (25.1 to 26.6).
About Brewster Elementary School
Brewster Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan, administered by Rochester Community School District. Enrollment totals 377 students across pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 22 schools in Rochester Community School District, with 14,592 students enrolled.
About 67% of the student body at Brewster Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 19% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Oakland County residents are about 69% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
With 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Brewster Elementary School, 5% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
Brewster Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Brewster Elementary School would score about 64.2%. It scores 66.8%, 2.6 points above that figure.
The school's county is Oakland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 345 public schools in the county, enrolling about 169,926, Brewster Elementary School among them.
Van Hoosen Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Brewster Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Brewster Elementary School is 5th among 7 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 384 to 377. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Brewster Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Community School District
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 1,682 students
- Rochester Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,521 students
- Stoney Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Hart Middle SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolHigh · 906 students
- West Middle SchoolHigh · 784 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER HILLS
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 1,682 students
- Rochester Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,521 students
- Stoney Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Hart Middle SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolHigh · 906 students
- West Middle SchoolHigh · 784 students
Other Brewster Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Brewster Elementary. Brewster Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Brewster Elementary SchoolBREWSTER, WA · 425 students
- Brewster Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 332 students
- Brewster ElemBrewster, KS · 90 students
Nearby schools
- Van Hoosen Middle School0.7 mi · 906
- Rochester Adams High School0.8 mi · 1,521
- Musson Elementary School1.1 mi · 505
- Long Meadow Elementary School1.7 mi · 528
- West Middle School2.1 mi · 784
- Meadow Brook Elementary School2.2 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Brewster Elementary SchoolHow large is Brewster Elementary School?
Brewster Elementary School enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brewster Elementary School serve?
Brewster Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brewster Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brewster Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Brewster Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brewster Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Brewster Elementary School public or private?
Brewster Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rochester Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.