Summary:
Zip code 48114 is home to just one high school, FlexTech High School, a small public charter school serving grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 171 students.
For parents considering this area, FlexTech High School presents a challenging picture. The school operates as its own district, FlexTech High School, and its academic performance is significantly below state averages across nearly every subject. In the most recent testing year, only 17.9% of 11th graders were proficient in SAT Reading/Writing compared to the state's 52.1%, and math proficiency rates for 9th and 10th graders were roughly half the state average (15.8% and 12.2% vs. 33.5% and 31.5%, respectively). The school's graduation rate is also a concern at 67.2% versus the state's 84.0%, and its dropout rate of 8.2% exceeds the state's 7.1%. Perhaps most telling is the chronic absenteeism rate of 41.8%—meaning over 4 in 10 students are regularly missing school—which is far above the state's 27.9% and likely a major driver of the academic struggles.
Context matters here: 57.89% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high level of economic need. The school spends $12,562 per student and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. While there was a slight improvement in social studies proficiency from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026 (from 18.4% to 21.9% is actually an increase, though still far below the state's 43.2%), the overall trend is concerning. The school's state ranking has declined from the 32nd percentile (2-star) in 2023-2024 to the 21st percentile (1-star) in both subsequent years, currently placing it 632nd out of 800 Michigan high schools. Given the small cohort size, year-to-year swings can be dramatic, but the persistent low performance, high absenteeism, and declining ranking suggest systemic challenges that parents should carefully investigate before enrolling their child.
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