Francis Reh Psa, Saginaw MI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Francis Reh Psa

Francis Reh PSA is a single-building charter public school academy in Saginaw, Michigan, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12 on paper, though its actual enrollment runs from kindergarten through eighth grade, with no high school students currently registered. The school sits on Owen Street in the 48601 zip code, on the east side of a city that was once a thriving lumber town and later a General Motors manufacturing hub. Like much of the Rust Belt, Saginaw has seen decades of industrial decline, population loss, and economic contraction. The city still carries a higher share of manufacturing jobs than the national average, and current economic development efforts focus on clean energy, innovation, and continued manufacturing exports. Downtown Saginaw, along the Saginaw River, holds civic and cultural anchors including the Castle Museum, Temple Theatre, and Dow Event Center. The broader region sits in the Saginaw Bay watershed, near one of the largest contiguous freshwater coastal wetlands in the United States and a National Wildlife Refuge.

The school serves a student body that is predominantly Black, with a smaller Hispanic population and a handful of students identifying as two or more races. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the surrounding neighborhood. The zip code's typical home value sits far below both the state and national benchmarks, making this one of the more affordable housing markets in Michigan, though that affordability is tied to the area's long economic struggles. Rental data was not available. The school's enrollment is modest for its grade band, with roughly even distribution across the elementary and middle grades.

On state assessments, Francis Reh PSA's results are low across most subjects and grades. Math proficiency rates are particularly thin, with the strongest grade still falling well below what state averages typically look like, and the weakest grades showing only a handful of students scoring proficient. English language arts shows a different pattern. The upper grades perform better than the lower ones, with eighth grade standing out as a relative bright spot and seventh grade also showing stronger results. Science and social studies proficiency rates are low in both tested grades. When measured against other districts in Saginaw County, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. A parent evaluating these results may want to ask the school directly about its academic improvement plans, instructional support, and how it is working to lift proficiency in the earliest tested grades where the numbers are weakest.

Several data points that would help round out the picture are missing. The school reports no IEP or English learner counts, no chronic absenteeism figure, no discipline data, and no information on course access, staffing ratios, or attendance. No graduation rate is reported, which aligns with the absence of enrolled high school students despite the school's listed grade range. No nationally standardized academic context was available beyond the state M-STEP and PSAT results. Participation rates for the state tests were also not reported, so it is unclear whether every eligible student was tested. The district brief returned no recent curriculum, policy, funding, or facility changes, so there is nothing to report on that front.

What a family gets at Francis Reh PSA is a small, community-rooted charter school in a city that has weathered serious economic headwinds. The peer environment is tight-knit and predominantly African American in a neighborhood where housing costs are among the lowest in the state. The academic results are a concern, especially in math and in the elementary grades, though the English language arts trajectory in the upper middle grades offers something to build on. Families considering this school should go in with their eyes open on proficiency, ask pointed questions about academic support and growth, and weigh the school's community orientation against its current performance levels.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 69%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.