The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Neithercut Elementary School
Neithercut Elementary School sits on Crestbrook Lane in Flint, serving students from prekindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Flint School District of the City of. It is a regular public school with an enrollment small enough that each grade has only a handful of classrooms. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller Hispanic, White, and multiracial groups represented. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic pressures that define much of the surrounding community.
Flint itself is a mid-sized post-industrial city shaped by its automotive history and its long recovery from the collapse of General Motors employment. Decades of population loss and demolition have left gaps in the urban fabric, and the city remains largely auto-dependent outside a downtown core along Saginaw Street where cultural venues like the Capitol Theatre and the University of Michigan-Flint campus bring concentrated activity. Neithercut sits in a residential part of the city away from that core. The zip code surrounding the school has home values far below state and national levels, making it one of the more affordable housing markets a family can find. Rents are similarly modest. The broader Genesee County market has been seeing modest year-over-year increases in listing prices and active inventory, with homes typically moving in under two months.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments for the most recent school year, Neithercut's proficiency results are low across every tested subject and grade. Third grade math and English language arts each saw roughly a fifth of tested students reach proficiency. In fourth grade, ELA reached about a fifth as well, while math fell into the lowest reporting band. Grades five and six fell into that same low band in both math and ELA, with no students reported as proficient in either subject at those grades. Fifth grade science and social studies results followed the same pattern. Average scale scores are reported for each grade and subject, and a parent can find those figures in the data sections on this page. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint among Genesee County districts that reported results, well under the county median.
A few things worth noting about what is and is not in the data. Because Neithercut is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report; that measure simply does not apply here. Chronic absenteeism figures were not available for this school. Individualized education program counts and English learner counts were also missing. The school's Title I status was not reported, and no information on staffing ratios, discipline, course access, or specialized programs was provided in the data we received. Program offerings were not listed, so a parent would need to contact the school directly to learn about any extracurricular, intervention, or enrichment options that may exist. We searched for recent district-level changes that might affect families and found little of lasting impact publicly reported, so we left that out rather than guess.
What the picture tells a parent is this: Neithercut is a small neighborhood elementary school in a city still working through the consequences of decades of disinvestment, serving a student population with substantial economic need. The academic results as measured by state testing are low, and a parent weighing this school may want to look into what supports and interventions are in place and how the school communicates progress to families. Housing in the area is very affordable, which can be a genuine advantage for families trying to stay close to school and community. The trade-off is that the school's measured outcomes are currently among the lower results in the county, and understanding what the school is doing about that is a reasonable question to bring to the administration.
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