The top reported proficiency rate is 14% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on International Academy of Flint
The International Academy of Flint is a single-school district serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade in Genesee County. It operates one building, International Academy of Flint K12, and the enrollment is modest for a district spanning all thirteen grade levels. The student body is predominantly Black, with small numbers of students identifying as two or more races, Hispanic, white, and American Indian or Alaska Native. Data on free or reduced-price lunch, special education enrollment, and English learner status was not available, so it is hard to gauge the full picture of student need from what was provided.
On state assessments, the most recent M-STEP and PSAT results show proficiency levels that are well below what most Genesee County districts post. Math results are the weakest area. In several tested grades, the number of students reaching proficiency was essentially zero or near zero, and even the strongest math grade showed only a small fraction of test-takers meeting the state bar. English language arts results follow a similar pattern through the elementary and middle grades, with one brighter spot in eighth grade where a more sizable share of students reached proficiency on the PSAT. Science and social studies results were also low across the tested grades. When positioned among Genesee County's districts, the academy's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile. A parent looking at these results may want to ask the school directly about its academic improvement strategies and what interventions are in place grade by grade.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate is also in the bottom quartile among county districts, meaning a large share of students are missing substantial instructional time. High absenteeism and low proficiency tend to reinforce each other, and a parent would want to understand what the school is doing to get students into seats consistently.
Per-pupil current spending sits in the lower range compared with neighboring districts, which means the school is working with fewer resources than many of its peers. How that translates into classroom experience, staffing, and support services is something a family would want to explore on a visit.
Publicly reported records show that the International Academy of Flint has been identified for Comprehensive Support and Improvement, a federal designation under ESSA reserved for the lowest-performing schools. This means the school is required to develop and carry out a comprehensive improvement plan with ongoing interventions and accountability oversight. For a parent, this designation is a signal that the school is under formal pressure to improve and that additional supports and monitoring are in play. Whether those efforts are producing visible change in classrooms is a fair question to bring to school leadership.
No graduation rate was available in the data provided. Because the academy serves high school grades, a graduation rate would normally be expected, and its absence here means a parent should request that figure directly. Housing values and rental data for the surrounding community were not provided, and no locale brief was available, so the housing market context for families considering a move into the area cannot be characterized from what was on the page.
The International Academy of Flint is a small, predominantly Black, kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade school operating under a federal improvement designation with low state test results and high absenteeism. A family considering this school should go in with eyes open on the academic data, ask pointed questions about the improvement plan and what is changing, and weigh whether the continuous kindergarten-through-12 structure and single-building environment suit their child.
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