Conant Elementary School

Conant Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan, one of the schools within Bloomfield Hills Schools, works with 504 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Bloomfield Hills Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,745 students; Conant Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Conant Elementary School reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Conant Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Conant Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Conant Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Oakland County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Conant Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Hills Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Conant Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Conant Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 69.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 21%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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