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Francis Reh PSA
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Francis Reh PSA
Francis Reh PSA is an all-grades campus of roomy scale in SAGINAW, Michigan, operated by Francis Reh PSA, teacheing 505 students in grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 281 students per school, that is 80% above typical.
Francis Reh PSA is a school of Francis Reh PSA, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On the student-mix side, Francis Reh PSA reports that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Saginaw County's rate of about 59%.
Around the school, census data for Saginaw County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Francis Reh PSA is one.
Nearest neighbor: Jessie Rouse School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a high-density setting. Francis Reh PSA is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 9% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Francis Reh PSA community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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