Freeman School

Freeman School is an intimate elementary school in FLINT, Michigan, part of Flint School District of the City of. The school enrolls 207 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Flint School District of the City of comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 2,541 students; Freeman School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Freeman School reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 16% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Freeman School lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Freeman School higher than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Genesee County's rate of about 61%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Genesee County shows median household earnings sit near $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Freeman School is one campus in the mix.

Bendle Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 33%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 207 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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