The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in English language arts. The lowest is 16% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Siple Elementary School
Siple Elementary School sits on East Coldwater Road in Davison, a small city in Genesee County that functions as a suburb of Flint. Davison carries the nickname "City of Flags" and has a mix of residential blocks and commercial strip, with publicly reported retail activity and food-service businesses concentrated along its main corridors. The city's population has been gradually declining over recent census cycles, a trend that shapes the community's quiet, settled feel. Housing here remains affordable by state and national standards, with typical home values well below the state benchmark and rents that are modest for the region. The county housing market has been warming, with median listing prices climbing year over year and homes moving off the market somewhat faster than they were a year ago, but Davison itself stays on the accessible end of that picture.
Siple is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fourth grade, part of the Davison Community Schools district. The enrollment is modest for its grade band, with students spread fairly evenly across the five grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals the economic mix of the surrounding neighborhoods. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Hispanic presence and a handful of students identifying as Black, multiracial, or American Indian. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those population details remain unknown.
On state testing, Siple's most recent M-STEP results from the current school year show a mixed but generally positive picture. Fourth graders performed better than third graders across both subjects. In ELA, fourth-grade proficiency was notably stronger, with a majority of tested students reaching proficiency, while third-grade ELA was more middling. Math results followed a similar pattern, with fourth grade ahead of third grade but both landing in a moderate range. An older fourth-grade science result from several years back showed very low proficiency, but that figure is dated and comes from a different testing cycle, so it tells little about current performance. No trend data was available to show whether proficiency is rising or falling over time.
Measured against other districts in Genesee County, Siple's overall proficiency index lands in the top quartile, which is a solid standing for an elementary school serving a community with a high free-and-reduced lunch rate. That positioning suggests the school is moving a healthy share of students to grade-level standards relative to its peers.
Because Siple serves only the early elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the chronic absenteeism figure was not available in the data provided. Discipline data, staffing levels, course access, and attendance details were also absent, so those dimensions of school climate could not be assessed. No program offerings were listed, which is typical for an early-elementary building where the curriculum is largely self-contained rather than departmentalized.
The district brief for Davison Community Schools did not surface any parent-relevant changes from recent months, so there is nothing concrete to report on strategic shifts, building moves, or program launches. A parent looking into Siple would want to ask the school directly about classroom size, support services for struggling readers, and how the building handles the transition from kindergarten into the tested grades. The academic results are encouraging at fourth grade, the enrollment is manageable, and the housing costs make the area accessible. What the data does not cover is the day-to-day classroom experience, and that gap is worth filling with a direct conversation.
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