The top reported proficiency rate is 17% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Doyleryder School
DoyleRyder School sits on North Saginaw Street in Flint, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as a regular public school in the Flint School District of the City of. The enrollment is modest for a building spanning those grades, and nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller Hispanic, white, and multiracial representation. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than any gap in performance.
State assessment results from the most recent Michigan M-STEP administration paint a difficult academic picture. In math, proficiency across grades three through five falls in the lowest reported range, with grade six reaching only single digits. English language arts follows a similar pattern in the lower grades, though proficiency rises somewhat by grade six. Science and social studies results for grade five also sit in the lowest bands. When measured against other districts in Genesee County, DoyleRyder's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile. Average scale scores are reported for each tested grade and subject, and a parent comparing those to state expectations would see substantial ground to cover. These are stark results, stated plainly. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking what instructional supports, interventions, and tutoring programs are in place and how the building plans to move students toward grade-level mastery.
The school sits in a city that has lived through decades of transformation. Flint was once a General Motors manufacturing powerhouse, home to Buick and Chevrolet operations, and the city still carries its automotive identity through events like Back to the Bricks, the Flint Jazz Festival, and Alley Fest. But the loss of GM jobs over several decades drove steep population decline, and the built environment today reflects that history: older residential neighborhoods, vacant lots where demolished structures once stood, a downtown core along Saginaw Street with the Capitol Theatre and Sloan Museum, and the University of Michigan-Flint campus sitting near the center. Publicly reported sources note that since the lead water crisis, the city has secured a new water source and replaced lead service lines, and community revitalization efforts continue around downtown and cultural assets.
The housing market around DoyleRyder reflects Flint's economic context. Home values in the school's zip code are well below state and national benchmarks, making ownership accessible on paper, though the broader economic conditions in the city are part of that affordability. Rents are also low relative to national figures. At the county level, listing activity has been increasing, with more active and new listings coming onto the market compared to a year prior, and median listing prices rising. Median days on market have shortened somewhat. These countywide trends describe a market with movement, though the school's immediate neighborhood carries a different price point than the county overall.
Several data points that would help a parent complete the picture are missing. There is no chronic absenteeism figure for this school, no individualized education program rate, no English learner data, and no information on staffing ratios, course access, or discipline. The district brief search found little of lasting impact regarding recent parent-relevant changes in the Flint School District. Without those pieces, a family would want to ask the school directly about attendance patterns, special education services, available extracurriculars, and staffing stability.
What the available evidence describes is a small elementary school serving a high-poverty student population in a city working through long-term recovery, with academic proficiency that currently runs well below county and state expectations. Families considering DoyleRyder would benefit from a direct conversation with school leadership about what supports exist and what the academic improvement plan looks like.
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