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Education

Access to top-rate education is important to residents of the Rochester area, a community which believes in providing plenty of options for obtaining a well-rounded education. The area’s educational landscape is composed of two outstanding public school systems, a host of private schools and three institutions of higher learning.

Public Schooling

ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
501 W. University, Rochester
(248) 726-3000
www.rochester.k12.mi.us

Covering a 66-mile district, Rochester Community Schools provides quality education to 14,500-plus students within 13 elementary schools (K - 5), four middle schools (6 - 8) and five high schools (9 - 12). On top of the comprehensive kindergarten through 12th grade public education, the district offers a preschool curriculum that is developmentally based and planned to coordinate with the Rochester Community Schools Kindergarten Program. The district’s Enrichment Program provides a number of opportunities for lifelong learning, such as adult fitness, computer classes, arts, financial and legal classes, languages, dance, leisure learning and aquatics.

Private Education

AVONDALE SCHOOLS
2940 Waukegan St., Auburn Hills
248-537-6000
www.avondale.k12.mi.us

A percentage of students attend Avondale Schools, a 3,800- student district serving four of the county’s fastest growing communities—Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, Troy and Bloomfield Township. Avondale operates four elementary schools (pre-K - 4), one upper elementary school (5 - 6), one middle school (7 - 8) and one high school (9 - 12).

Private Education Alternatives to the public school avenue are readily available throughout the region. For parents who wish to include a religious component or a special methodology in their children’s education, the area is dotted with numerous private institutions. Opportunities range from Lutheran and Catholic preparatory academies and Montessori schools to several K - 12 Christian schools and the Cranbrook schools, internationally recognized for providing excellent education in science and art.

EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY
3739 Kern Road, Oakland, MI 48363
248-475-9999

LIVING WORD LUTHERAN CHURCH SCHOOL
3838 N. Rochester Road, Rochester, MI 48307
248-651-5316

BROOKFIELD ACADEMY
1263 S. Adams Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309
248-375-1700
www.brookfieldacademy.net

CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
248-645-3000
www.cranbrook.edu

KINGSBURY SCHOOL
5000 Hosner Road, Oxford, MI 48370
248-628-2571
www.gokingsbury.org

NOTRE DAME PREP SCHOOL & MARIST ACADEMY
1300 Giddings Road, Pontiac, MI 48340
248-373-5300
www.ndpma.org

OAKLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
3075 Shimmons, Auburn Hills, MI 48326
248-373-2700
www.oaklandchristian.com

OAKLAND STEINER SCHOOL
3976 S. Livernois, Rochester Hills, MI 48307
248-299-8755

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL & CHURCH
1011 W. University, Rochester, MI 48307
248-402-8050
www.stjohnrochester.org

THE GODDARD SCHOOL
935 E. Silverbell Road, Lake Orion, MI 48360
248-364-4401
www.goddardschool.com

Higher Learning

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester
248-370-2100
www.oakland.edu

A nationally recognized university, Oakland University provides 133 undergraduate and 117 graduate degree programs to nearly 19,000 students. Sixteen Division I athletics teams, more than 170 student organizations and an array of cultural attractions, such as Meadow Brook Hall, the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, and the OU Art Gallery are all situated within the beautiful 1,441-acre campus. The Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine will begin offering instruction in August 2011 to prepare future physicians.

ROCHESTER COLLEGE
800 W. Avon Road, Rochester Hills
248-218-2000 or 800-521-6010
www.rc.edu

For those who prefer a smaller learning environment, Rochester College is the perfect place to be. The four-year liberal arts college currently enrolls around 1,000 students—and growing—who are afforded opportunities for obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees, along with an adult degree completion program. In the last few years, the college has made many updates in order to accommodate its growing student population, including a new modern library and a $4.5 million, multi-purpose academic center.

OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (OCC)
Auburn Hills Campus 2900 Featherstone Road, Auburn Hills
248-232-4100
www.oaklandcc.edu

Nestled on 170 acres in the center of Oakland County’s Automation Alley, and next door to the Oakland Technology Park and the Chrysler World Headquarters, Oakland Community College’s Auburn Campus hails as one of the largest community colleges in the nation. In addition to its comprehensive listing of career programs, OCC-Auburn Hills houses the Advanced Technology Center and the Michigan Technical Education Center, along with the CREST Homeland Security Training Center. What’s more, the campus works hand-in-hand with area school districts through such programs as Tech Prep and School-to-Registered-Apprentice.