The top reported proficiency rate is 26% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Mcintyre Elementary School
McIntyre Elementary School sits on Saratoga Boulevard in Southfield, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit that bills itself as an international center of business and commerce nestled among quiet residential neighborhoods. The school serves grades one through five as part of Southfield Public School District, a regular public elementary with an enrollment that falls in a moderate range for its grade band. The student body is overwhelmingly Black, with only a handful of students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic mix of the surrounding community. Data on individualized education programs and English learner services was not available, so those pictures remain incomplete here.
On state assessments through Michigan's M-STEP, McIntyre's results show a clear pattern. English language arts performance rises from third grade through fifth grade, with fifth graders reaching the school's strongest proficiency level in that subject. Math tells a different story. Third grade math proficiency is the school's highest result overall, but the rate drops sharply in fourth grade and falls further in fifth grade. Fifth grade science and social studies results land in a modest range. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits below the midpoint relative to districts in Oakland County, a set of fifty districts where the median proficiency index is notably higher. A parent weighing this school may want to look into the math trajectory across the upper elementary grades with school staff, since the decline from third to fifth grade is the most prominent feature of the academic results.
Southfield itself is an auto-oriented city shaped by major freeways and separated office parks, commercial strips, and residential neighborhoods rather than a continuous walkable fabric. The publicly reported daytime business population is large, drawn by corporate offices tied to the automotive and technology sectors. Major employers include Lear, Denso, Federal-Mogul, and Veoneer, along with Lawrence Technological University and Oakland Community College. The former Northland Center mall, one of the nation's earliest shopping malls, is being redeveloped into a mixed-use residential and commercial complex, which could eventually create a more walkable node near the school's part of the city. Civic life centers on the Civic Center complex on Evergreen Road, which houses City Hall, the public library, courts, and recreation facilities. The city has extensive parkland, two public golf courses, and miles of trails.
Housing in the zip code surrounding McIntyre carries a typical home value above the Michigan state benchmark but below the national one. Rents are moderate. The broader Oakland County housing market shows active and new listings increasing year over year, with a median listing price that has softened slightly compared to the prior year. Homes are moving at a moderate pace, with median days on market in a range that suggests a reasonably balanced market for buyers and sellers. Within the school district, voters passed a bond issue in 2022 to improve and right-size school facilities, a capital investment that shapes the learning environment and carries property-tax implications for residents in the district.
McIntyre does not have a graduation rate, chronic absenteeism figure, discipline data, course-access information, or staffing details in the data provided, which limits the full picture of school climate and operations. Program offerings were not available either. What the data does show is a small, homogeneous elementary school in a commercially active but residentially modest part of Southfield, with reading results that build across the grade levels and math results that move in the opposite direction. Families considering this school would benefit from asking directly about the supports in place for upper-elementary math instruction, the use of the district's recent bond-funded facility improvements, and how the school serves its students who face economic disadvantage.
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