The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Hahn Intermediate School
Hahn Intermediate School sits in Davison, a small Flint suburb in Genesee County known as the "City of Flags." It is a regular public school serving only fifth and sixth grades, which makes it a transitional building: students arrive from elementary school and spend two years here before moving on to middle school. The school belongs to the Davison Community Schools district. Its enrollment is sizable for a two-grade configuration, with a roughly even split between the two grade levels.
On state assessments, the most recent M-STEP results show a mixed but generally solid academic picture. English language arts is the school's strongest area. In both fifth and sixth grade, proficiency rates sit in the mid-range, with sixth grade edging higher than fifth. Science, tested only in fifth grade, lands at a similar level to ELA. Math is softer, with roughly a third of students meeting proficiency in each grade, and the two grades are close to each other. Social studies, also tested only in fifth grade, is the lowest of the reported subjects. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Genesee County, well above the county median. That positioning is a clear strength and tells a parent that Hahn is outperforming most of its peers in the immediate region on state tests, even though math and social studies results individually leave room for growth. A parent may want to look into how the school supports students who are approaching but not yet reaching proficiency in math, particularly since that pattern holds across both grade levels.
The student body is predominantly white, with smaller Hispanic, multiracial, and Black populations, and very few Asian or American Indian students. Just over half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which means economic need is common but not overwhelming. Data on special education enrollment and English learners was not available in the sources reviewed, so those populations cannot be characterized here. A family whose child receives special education services or English language support would want to ask the school directly about what is available.
Because Hahn serves only fifth and sixth grade, several common metrics do not apply. There is no graduation rate, no high school course access data, and no college or career readiness information. The school does not have a high school counterpart within the same building. What a family gets here is a focused two-year window, and the questions to ask are about how the school prepares students for the transition into secondary grades rather than about end-of-K-12 outcomes.
Program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, attendance patterns, and chronic absenteeism figures were not available in the provided data. The district brief for Davison Community Schools did not surface any parent-relevant changes in recent years, so there is little to report on strategic shifts or new initiatives. These gaps mean the picture of day-to-day school life is limited to what the assessment data and demographics can show.
The community context is straightforward. Davison is a compact residential city with commercial and retail activity, and many residents commute outside the city for work. The population has been gradually declining over recent census cycles. Housing in the school's zip code is affordable compared with both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below the Michigan statewide figure and rents that are modest by most standards. The county housing market has seen rising listing prices and a moderate pace of sales, with homes spending roughly a month and a half on the market. For a family considering a move into the attendance area, the cost of housing is likely to be a relative advantage.
What Hahn offers, based on what is visible, is a two-year intermediate program with above-average state test results for its county, a student body that reflects the broader community, and an affordable suburban setting. The academic read is strongest in reading and writing, adequate in science, and weakest in math and social studies. Families looking at this school should weigh its transitional design, ask about supports in math, and seek out information on special populations and school climate that the available data does not cover.
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