The top reported proficiency rate is 24% in English language arts. The lowest is 10% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Dailey Elementary School
Dailey Elementary School sits on Neff Road in Mount Morris, a small, mainly residential city in Genesee County within the Flint metropolitan area. The school is part of Beecher Community School District and serves students from prekindergarten through seventh grade, though the current enrollment shows no children in prekindergarten or seventh grade, with the tested population concentrated in grades three through six. The building functions as a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its student body is predominantly Black, with small percentages of white, Hispanic, multiracial, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. Nearly all enrolled children qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that reflects the economic conditions of the surrounding community.
Mount Morris describes itself on its own website as a family-oriented, quiet community with friendly neighbors and clean streets. It is a compact city, entirely urban with no rural land, bordered by Mount Morris Township to the west and Genesee Township to the east. The city sits near I-75 and I-475, giving residents highway access to Flint, Birch Run, and Frankenmuth. Manufacturing is the largest employment sector, followed by health care and social assistance and then retail trade. Publicly reported data places the median household income well below the Michigan median, and the cost of living index runs low compared with the national average. The city has been connected to the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline since late in the prior decade, a regional infrastructure upgrade. Population has held relatively steady across recent census counts. No major new housing developments were identified in available sources.
On state assessments through Michigan's M-STEP, Dailey's results show a split between subjects. English language arts proficiency rises as students move up the grades, with third grade starting low and sixth grade reaching a noticeably higher level, the strongest result the school posts. Math tells a harder story. Third grade shows a modest proficiency rate, but fourth, fifth, and sixth grade each land in the lowest reporting range, with no students reaching proficient in those grades. Science proficiency in fifth grade is low, and social studies in fifth grade is lower still. When the school is placed against districts in Genesee County on an overall proficiency index averaging tested subjects and grades, Dailey sits below the midpoint. A parent weighing this school may want to look into how the district is responding to these math results specifically, and what interventions or supports are in place for the upper elementary grades.
The school does not have a graduation rate, because it does not serve high school grades. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. Individualized education program counts and English learner counts were also missing from the provided data, so those population sizes cannot be characterized here. Participation rates for state testing were not reported.
Beecher Community School District has been active on several fronts. The district has partnered with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to renovate Beecher High School, combining philanthropic funding with local bond revenue to transform the building into a modernized facility with updated classrooms, new labs, a new gym, a new cafeteria, and an improved entryway, serving students in grades seven through twelve. This is a major, lasting infrastructure investment that directly affects the learning environment for secondary students, and families whose children currently attend Dailey would eventually feed into that building. The district has also continued its partnership with the Michigan Department of Education to expand preschool access through the Great Start Readiness Program, a free preschool for eligible families, which broadens early childhood options in the area.
The housing market around Dailey is affordable by almost any benchmark. The typical home value in the school's zip code sits well below both the state and national medians, and the countywide market shows a moderate median listing price with homes moving in roughly a month and a half on average. Listings have been climbing year over year, and supply and demand scores suggest a market that is active but not overheated. For a family looking to buy, the entry point here is low relative to most of Michigan. Rental data was not available.
What Dailey offers is a small, community-rooted public school in an affordable, compact city near regional highways, serving a student population that faces substantial economic need. Its ELA results show some upward movement through the grades, while its math results across the upper elementary grades are a clear soft spot. The district is investing in its secondary building and expanding preschool, which speaks to a direction of growth, though the current academic numbers at Dailey itself are ones a parent would want to discuss directly with school leadership.
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