Cranbrook Kingswood is located on four campuses. The lower school is on the Brookside campus, and has 506 students in pre-kindergarten, Junior and Senior Kindergartens, and grades 1-5. For middle school, 165 boys go to the Vaughan campus, and 165 are at the Kingswood campus. Nearly all classes are separate for boys and girls from grades 6-8.
The upper school is separated across two campuses, though it is co-ed. Currently, mathematics, sciences, foreign language, religion & philosophy, and performing arts are taught on the Cranbrook campus, while English, history, and fine arts are taught on the Kingswood campus (which also houses the girls' middle school). The upper school has 763 students, approximately 1/3 of which are boarding students who live in single-sex residence halls.
As a college preparatory school, Cranbrook Kingswood seeks to offer a high standard of academic offerings, especially in the upper school, where 15 Advanced Placement courses are offered. Recent graduates have attended schools including all Ivy League schools, MIT, NYU, Georgetown University, Duke University, University of Virginia, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University.
Famous graduates of Cranbrook include Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, soccer player Alexi Lalas, actress Selma Blair, author Sven Birkerts, architect Tod Williams, historian Natalie Zemon Davis, political activist Daniel Ellsberg, author Ward Just, author Thomas McGuane, and Heisman Trophy winner Peter Dawkins.