The top reported proficiency rate is 14% in Math. The lowest is 9% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Durant Tuuri Mott School
Durant Tuuri Mott School sits on University Avenue in Flint, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as a regular public school in the Flint School District of the City of Flint. The enrollment is moderate for an elementary-grade building, with roughly even distribution across the early grades and a gradual taper through the upper ones. The student body is predominantly Black, with a small share of Hispanic, white, and multiracial students. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the surrounding neighborhoods.
On state assessments, the most recent results are low across every tested subject and grade. In math, third grade saw a small fraction of students reach proficiency, while fourth, fifth, and sixth grades reported proficiency in the lowest reported range, with no students clearing the bar in those upper grades. English language arts followed a similar pattern, with fifth and sixth grades showing only a modest share of students proficient and the third and fourth grades in the lowest reported band. Science and social studies results for fifth grade were also minimal, with science proficiency in the single-digit range and social studies in the lowest reported tier. Compared with districts in Genesee County, the school's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile. A parent looking at these results may want to ask the school directly about its academic improvement plans, intervention supports, and how it is working to move students toward grade-level expectations.
No graduation rate applies here, since the school does not serve high school grades. Chronic absenteeism data was not available, and individualized education program and English learner counts were not reported, so those pieces of the student-support picture are gaps in what we can see. No trend data was available to show whether performance is moving in any direction over time.
Flint itself is a mid-sized post-industrial city whose identity is tied to its automotive past. Once a General Motors manufacturing powerhouse, the city has lost a large share of its population over decades of workforce reductions and disinvestment. The built environment reflects this: older residential neighborhoods, vacant lots where demolition has occurred, a downtown core along Saginaw Street with cultural venues like the Capitol Theatre and the Sloan Museum, and commercial strips along major corridors. Walkability is limited outside the downtown area, and the city is largely auto-dependent across its spread of neighborhoods. Civic anchors include the Flint River, the public library, the parks system, and the University of Michigan-Flint campus adjacent to downtown. Annual events such as Back to the Bricks and the Flint Jazz Festival bring periodic street life and reflect the city's efforts at revitalization.
The housing market around the school tells its own story. Home values in the school's zip code are quite low compared with both the state and national benchmarks, and rents are modest as well. For families looking to buy, the estimated monthly mortgage payment is low relative to typical national figures, and the rent-to-income ratio is affordable. Countywide, listing inventory has been growing, median listing prices have risen by a meaningful margin year over year, and homes are spending less time on the market than a year ago, suggesting some pickup in demand across Genesee County even as the immediate neighborhood remains inexpensive. The price-to-income ratio sits below the national level, which means local buying power stretches further here than in many places, though the low price point also reflects the long-term economic pressures the community has faced.
Publicly reported information about the school's specific programs, staffing, discipline practices, or course access was not available in the data we reviewed. The district brief similarly turned up little of lasting impact about recent parent-relevant changes. What we can say is that this is a neighborhood elementary school serving a community that has weathered decades of economic contraction and a widely documented water crisis, and that its current academic results are low. Families considering this school would be well served by visiting, asking about instructional supports and enrichment offerings, and understanding how the district plans to improve outcomes for students who are currently performing well below state proficiency levels.
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