Summary:
There is one middle school, Carman-Ainsworth Middle School, serving grades 6-8 in the Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools district in Flint, MI, which serves a student body where nearly 90% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Carman-Ainsworth Middle School enrolls 652 students and faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates in every subject and grade level well below state averages. For example, 6th-grade math proficiency is just 10.2% compared to the state average of 31.9%, and 8th-grade social studies proficiency is 19.4% versus the state's 50.3%. The school's state ranking has declined, dropping to 804 out of 896 Michigan middle schools (10th percentile) for the 2025-2026 school year. A particularly stark contrast exists between subjects on the 8th-grade PSAT: while 41.3% of students are proficient in ELA, only 8.2% achieve proficiency in math, highlighting math as a critical area of need.
Chronic absenteeism is a major concern, with 43.0% of students chronically absent compared to the state rate of 27.9%, meaning a large portion of students miss significant instructional time. Despite spending a relatively high $18,178 per student and maintaining a student-teacher ratio of 15.8, academic outcomes remain low, and performance has declined year-over-year in most subjects—for instance, 6th-grade ELA proficiency fell from 16.7% to 12.8%, and 8th-grade science dropped from 22.4% to 14.9%. These factors suggest the school faces substantial external challenges related to poverty and attendance that impact its ability to raise achievement, making it important for parents to understand the broader context behind the test scores when evaluating this school.
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