The educational program at Southfield is designed to promote a lifelong love of learning through an approach that is grounded in the traditions of an independent liberal arts school. From its inception Southfield has offered a balanced approach to education, always placing the academic core subjects at the center of the student experience, while also providing for ample enrichment opportunities and a wide variety of participatory options. The core subjects for all students include language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Enrichment opportunities include foreign language, visual arts, drama, music, physical education, and technology.

The essential design of the school is by division. The Preschool contains multiple Preschool Exploration, Discovery and Readiness classes,  all of which are on a half-day basis, as well as two sections of a full-day Kindergarten program. The Lower School encompasses first through fourth grades, with two sections of each housed in adjacent buildings. First through third grade are self contained while fourth grade is departmentalized. The Middle School serves fifth through eighth grades. The Middle School in it’s a separate two-story facility which includes two science labs and a modern technology center.