The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 31% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Perry Learning Center
Perry Learning Center sits on South Saginaw Street in Grand Blanc, part of the Grand Blanc Community Schools district. It is listed as a regular public school serving prekindergarten through twelfth grade, an unusually wide span for a single building. The data we have, though, paints a picture of a very small and specialized setting rather than a typical comprehensive school.
The enrollment figure on file is minimal, with only a single kindergartener recorded in the current-year count. Yet the state assessment data from a prior year shows small groups of students in seventh and eighth grade who sat for M-STEP and PSAT tests. This mismatch suggests the school's population shifts year to year or that it serves a specific subset of students drawn from across the district for a particular program. The data does not explain the reason for this pattern. Free and reduced-price lunch counts, special education rates, and English learner figures were all missing, so we cannot characterize the student body's economic or linguistic profile from what was provided.
What academic results exist come from those middle-grade test takers, and the numbers are thin. In mathematics, both seventh and eighth grade showed no students reaching proficiency, with results reported only as a capped range. English language arts told a somewhat different story. Seventh-grade ELA had a small fraction of students proficient, and eighth-grade ELA had a somewhat larger share. Eighth-grade science landed in between. Social studies at eighth grade again showed no proficient students in the reported range. Across the tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Genesee County, though that comparison set draws on district-level cohorts and the school's own tested population is quite small, which makes the positioning less stable as a general indicator. A parent trying to gauge academic performance from state data will find large gaps. Most grade levels had zero tested students, so results were suppressed. No graduation rate was available for this school. No chronic absenteeism figure was provided. No course access, discipline, staffing, or attendance information was included. This is a school where the public data trail is sparse, and a family would need to go directly to the district for a fuller account of what the program is and whom it serves.
Grand Blanc itself is a small suburban city adjacent to Flint, with a compact footprint centered on the Saginaw Road commercial corridor. The built environment is largely auto-oriented, with a traditional downtown core along that spine where City Hall, the district court, and the Grand Blanc-McFarlen Library sit. Industrial pockets like the Waretech Industrial Park sit near Dort Highway and Reid Road. The city's population is declining slightly. An EF2 tornado in early 2024 damaged parts of the industrial park, the Indian Hill neighborhood, and Saginaw Road businesses, which may still be affecting local recovery and development.
The housing market in the school's ZIP code is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks, with typical home values below the statewide level and well below the national figure. Rents are modest. County-level listings show a market with steady supply and demand, median listing prices rising year over year, and homes moving off the market in a reasonable timeframe. Affordability, as measured by price-to-income ratio, sits below the national benchmark, and estimated monthly mortgage costs run somewhat higher than typical rent, which is common in this rate environment.
Grand Blanc Community Schools, the parent district, has had several parent-relevant developments. Voters approved a bond in late 2021 funding facility improvements across the district through 2025, including security upgrades, roofing, HVAC, technology, and athletic facilities, structured to avoid a tax-rate increase. A non-homestead operating millage renewal passed in May 2023, providing stable funding through the next decade without taxing primary residences. The district rolled out a new K-5 literacy curriculum in the 2024-25 school year. A new STEM Academy opened at Grand Blanc High School in fall 2024, available to students district-wide through application. These are district-wide investments that may or may not touch Perry Learning Center directly, depending on the school's role within the system.
For a parent evaluating Perry Learning Center, the central challenge is that the available data does not tell you what kind of program this is. The wide grade span, the tiny enrollment, the small tested cohorts, and the missing demographic and outcomes data all point to a specialized or low-enrollment setting that sits outside the normal patterns of a standard elementary, middle, or high school. A family considering this school should contact Grand Blanc Community Schools directly to understand who it serves, what its instructional model is, and how students are referred or assigned. The state data alone is not enough to form a judgment.
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