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What's the most underrated thing about Flint Cultural Center Academy that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
650
Combined
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 281
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLINT CULTURAL CENTER ACADEMY·NCES 260112408908
Flint Cultural Center Academy
1200 ROBERT T LONGWAY BLVD, FLINT, MI 48503 · (810) 845-3387 · Genesee County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Michigan public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
624 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 50% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
650
+200 (+44%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 650 | 34.7 | 18.8:1 | 96% (624) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 31.3 | 19.9:1 | 74% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 76% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 82% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flint Cultural Center Academy.
About Flint Cultural Center Academy
Flint Cultural Center Academy is a large combined-grade school in FLINT, Michigan, that operates as a charter school. The grade span is kindergarten through 12, and enrollment is 650 students. Average enrollment for combined schools in Michigan is about 281, so this school runs 131% larger than that.
In federal data, the district for Flint Cultural Center Academy is the school itself.
Roughly 72% of students at Flint Cultural Center Academy are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% White, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Flint Cultural Center Academy's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.8:1. That is higher than the 17.3:1 average for combined schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. It compares with 61% for public schools in Genesee County.
allk12 grades Flint Cultural Center Academy a D. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Michigan, Flint Cultural Center Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 23.9% actual against a predicted 23.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Genesee County, the median household income is $62,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Genesee County is home to 158 public schools and about 58,534 public school students.
The closest public school, WAY Academy Flint Flint Campus, is about 0.2 miles from Flint Cultural Center Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Flint Cultural Center Academy is one of the charter schools in Michigan.
Federal records list enrollment at Flint Cultural Center Academy as 450 in 2020-21 and 650 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.8:1) than in 2020-21 (21.4:1).
Community posts for Flint Cultural Center Academy can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Genesee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
403,305
Census ACS
Median income
$62,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
58,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Flint Cultural Center Academy
- Flint Cultural Center Academy High SchoolCombined · 44 students
Other schools in FLINT
- International Academy of Flint K12Combined · 939 students
- CarmanAinsworth High SchoolHigh · 914 students
- The New Standard AcademyCombined · 859 students
- Kearsley High SchoolHigh · 836 students
- Linden Charter AcademyElementary · 789 students
- Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
Nearby schools
- WAY Academy Flint Flint Campus0.2 mi · 95
- Mott Middle College High School0.5 mi · 324
- Gateway to CollegeMott Community College0.5 mi · 29
- DoyleRyder School0.7 mi · 373
- Genesee Early College0.7 mi · 178
- Flint Cultural Center Academy High School0.7 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Flint Cultural Center AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Flint Cultural Center Academy?
Flint Cultural Center Academy enrolls approximately 650 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Flint Cultural Center Academy serve?
Flint Cultural Center Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Flint Cultural Center Academy?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Flint Cultural Center Academy.
What is the student diversity at Flint Cultural Center Academy?
Student demographics at Flint Cultural Center Academy are roughly 13% White, 4% Hispanic, 72% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Flint Cultural Center Academy public or private?
Flint Cultural Center Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Flint Cultural Center Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.