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Kearsley High School

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Kearsley High School ranks 535 th of 800 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

535^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 800 Michigan High Schools

Better than 33% of Michigan high schools

Summary

Kearsley High School is a public high school in Flint, MI, serving 836 students in grades 9-12 within the Kearsley Community School District, where about 70% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Kearsley High School has experienced a dramatic shift in performance between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. After earning a 4-star rating and ranking in the 76th percentile statewide, the school dropped to a 2-star rating and the 33rd percentile—a fall of more than 360 places in a single year. This decline is visible across nearly every measure. For example, 11th-grade science proficiency on the M-Step fell from 50% to 26%, and SAT math proficiency was nearly halved, dropping from 24% to 12%. The graduation rate also slipped to 80.2%, while the dropout rate more than doubled to 9.9%. Perhaps most concerning, chronic absenteeism skyrocketed to 50.3%—nearly double the state average of 27.9%—which is likely a major factor driving the academic struggles. This decline affected every student subgroup uniformly, suggesting a school-wide challenge rather than an issue isolated to one group.

Despite these recent struggles, Kearsley remains a relative anchor compared to many nearby schools. Its graduation rate of 80.2% is competitive with Genesee High School (80.3%) and Bentley Senior High School (86.2%), and far superior to alternative schools like Flex High Burton (9.0% graduation rate) or Gateway to CollegeMott Community College (12.5%). Kearsley also consistently outperforms its own district averages—its graduation rate is over 10 points higher than the district's 70%, and its test scores are stronger across the board. The school's ability to re-engage students and address the absenteeism crisis will be critical to reversing this recent downturn and returning to the strong performance it showed just a year earlier.

836

Students ?

18.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,573

Per pupil spending ?

69.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4302 Underhill Dr
Flint, MI 48506-1534

(810) 591-5313

District: Kearsley Community School District

Feeder schools for Kearsley High School:

Elementary:	Kate Dowdall Elementary School
	Weston Elementary School
Middle:	Armstrong Middle School
	Leota Fiedler Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

65.7%

African American:

15.4%

Hispanic:

9.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 62nd percentile in 2016 → 33rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (31% vs 43% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (50% vs 28% Michigan)

!Ranking has slipped — down 29 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg28%

Michigan avg43%

535^th of 800

Michigan public high schools ?

Bottom 33%▼ down 29 pts since 2016

From top 38% (2016) to bottom 33% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	30.6	535 of 800	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	71.5	174 of 739	76.5%	★★★★☆
2024	57.6	286 of 743	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.8	241 of 735	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.9	354 of 531	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.1	372 of 561	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.1	385 of 666	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.3	393 of 824	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	57.5	308 of 835	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2016	60.0	325 of 852	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	78.7	151 of 832	81.9%	★★★★☆
2014	53.2	409 of 799	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	53.9	398 of 805	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	61.1	337 of 773	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	60.0	403 of 784	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	67.9	315 of 765	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	72.4	229 of 754	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2008	76.4	184 of 750	75.5%	★★★★☆
2007	78.0	151 of 767	80.3%	★★★★☆
2006	69.8	242 of 705	65.7%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	42.9	128 of 252	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	75.7	32 of 192	83.3%	★★★★☆
2023	35.8	98 of 170	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	72.1	35 of 147	76.2%	★★★★☆
2018	41.4	122 of 254	52.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	24.4	516 of 686	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	63.5	204 of 629	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.1	305 of 619	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.0	176 of 611	71.2%	★★★★☆
2022	40.4	292 of 416	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.7	395 of 462	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.7	312 of 554	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.1	324 of 710	54.4%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	50.7	111 of 259	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	54.0	84 of 203	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.2	74 of 195	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	77.8	38 of 201	81.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	37.1	464 of 719	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	70.9	150 of 635	76.4%	★★★★☆
2024	58.7	234 of 654	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.4	196 of 614	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.6	199 of 369	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	56.9	166 of 417	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.4	319 of 532	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.3	371 of 755	50.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	29.3	499 of 693	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	71.4	150 of 628	76.1%	★★★★☆
2024	60.3	222 of 633	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.7	308 of 611	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	344 of 440	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.6	265 of 472	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.9	400 of 543	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.6	409 of 707	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	33.0	128 of 179	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	54.3	54 of 127	57.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2018	56.4	91 of 315	71.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	19.6	552 of 671	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	78.8	100 of 639	84.4%	★★★★☆
2024	60.4	210 of 638	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.7	187 of 647	71.1%	★★★★☆
2022	33.7	357 of 492	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.0	345 of 516	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.5	359 of 582	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.2	388 of 708	45.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2018)71st percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2026)57th percentile+24 vs school

African American (2026)49th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2026)28th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2026)28th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2026)25th percentile-8 vs school

White (2026)18th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies45%~ state avg

English Language Arts44%-15 vs state

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing42%-10 vs state

Science26%-9 vs state

Mathematics16%-17 vs state

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by a student
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Went to this school for all four years, never felt accepted or wanted. Played sports was bullied and teased into quitting. Coaches and teachers are all jokes. Nobody there has much interest in helping, it's like a teenager day care. Most the teachers don't care to teach they just like having power over others and get off on treating students miserably. Takes over 5 mins to get from one class to the other and that you walking straight from door to door, oh teacher doesn't care tardy literally everyday, unless i leave other class early, which of course i can't. So i automatically get Saturday school every week cause of the distance between my classes. Complain to principal nothing i can do, oh it's all my fault? okay i'll just stop going to class, which is what I did. But I'm the student its always my fault I'm too blame, really would have been nice if ANYBODY at this school cared about the students, or education in general. Crap school, crap community, this place needs help. DO NOT send your kids here unless they are straight-a students and/or are popular, Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)			PSAT Mathematics (2026)			SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)		M-Step Math (2026)		M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 9th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 9th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kearsley High School	Public	9-12	4302 Underhill Dr	Flint	48506	Genesee County	Kearsley Community School District	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-5313	836	46	18.2	69.6%	549 (65.7%)	129 (15.4%)	83 (9.9%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (8.4%)	30.6	535^th of 800 public high schools	33.1%		71.5	174^th of 739 public high schools	76.5%	361		47.5	40.9		13.0	18.3	41.7	12.2						26.1		45.2	$15,573	$1,266	$14,307
Kearsley Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	4302 Underhill Dr	Flint	48506	Genesee County	Kearsley Community School District	No	No	Yes	No	(810) 591-5308	83	9	9.7	72.3%	57 (68.7%)	15 (18.1%)	7 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)								(n/a)							358.4	312.4						2058.8		2075.3	$8,658	$1,030	$7,629
Genesee High School	Public	6-12	7347 N Genesee Rd	Genesee	48437	Genesee County	Genesee School District	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-1450	367	17	21.3	70.3%	264 (71.9%)	20 (5.4%)	48 (13.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.0%)	36.6	483^rd of 800 public high schools	39.6%		28.8	513^th of 739 public high schools	30.6%	30	44.8	52.6	53.5	8.6	19.3	11.6	53.2	14.9	12.1	29.6	7.8	21.8	17.5	21.7	14.8	40.4	$14,296	$1,047	$13,249
Bentley Senior High School	Public	9-12	1150 N Belsay Rd	Burton	48509	Genesee County	Bentley Community School District	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-9046	227	13	17.5	60.4%	152 (67.0%)	42 (18.5%)	23 (10.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	23	590^th of 800 public high schools	26.3%		25.1	542^nd of 739 public high schools	26.7%	48		49.0	42.9		18.4	369.8	23.8	396.9						16.7		23.8	$15,990	$1,660	$14,330
Bentley High School BOLD Academy	Public	9-12	1150 N Belsay Rd	Burton	48509	Genesee County	Bentley Community School District	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-9046	25	0	83.3	76.0%	18 (72.0%)	4 (16.0%)	2 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)								(n/a)																	$5,187	$896	$4,291
Flex High Burton	Public, Charter	9-12	1245 S Center Rd	Burton	48509	Genesee County	Flex High School of Michigan	Yes	No	No	Yes	(810) 652-8273	236	9	27.7	70.8%	103 (43.6%)	91 (38.6%)	17 (7.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.7%)	14.5	661^st of 800 public high schools	17.4%					(n/a)		35.9	29.2		331.8	342.1											$63,706	$3,518	$60,189
Accelerated Learning Academy	Public	7-12	1420 W 12th St	Flint	48507	Genesee County	Flint School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 760-1805	126	6	21.7	88.9%	9 (7.1%)	109 (86.5%)	5 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)								(n/a)		280.0	319.3		245.8	302.9	331.7	271.7						2063.7		2071.8	$29,254	$10,441	$18,813
Beecher Alternative Education	Public	9-12	6255 Neff Rd	Mount Morris	48505	Genesee County	Beecher Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(810) 591-9826	29	2	14.5	93.1%	2 (6.9%)	27 (93.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$22,180	$2,705	$19,475
Gateway to CollegeMott Community College	Public, Magnet	9-12	1401 E Court St	Flint	48503	Genesee County	Flint School District of the City of	No	Yes	No	No	(810) 232-2514	29	0		62.1%	6 (20.7%)	17 (58.6%)	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (17.2%)								(n/a)																	$9,577	$2,647	$6,930
Mott Middle College High School	Public	9-12	1401 E Court St	Flint	48507	Genesee County	Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 232-8530	324	0		81.5%	36 (11.1%)	251 (77.5%)	17 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.2%)	34.9	499^th of 800 public high schools	37.6%		24	548^th of 739 public high schools	25.8%	49		64.5	60.5		17.7	14.0	38.2	420.4						22.1		26.5	$3,398	$884	$2,515

Frequently Asked Questions about Kearsley High School

What is the racial makeup of Kearsley High School?

Students at Kearsley High School are 66% White, 15% African American, 10% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

Is Kearsley High School a good school?

Kearsley High School ranks 535^th of 800 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Kearsley High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 836 students attended Kearsley High School.

What district is Kearsley High School in?

Kearsley Community School District

What schools feed into Kearsley High School?

Kearsley High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Kate Dowdall Elementary School
Elementary : Weston Elementary School
Middle : Armstrong Middle School
Middle : Leota Fiedler Elementary School

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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