Potter School

Potter School is a compact elementary-level community in FLINT, Michigan, overseen by Flint School District of the City of. The school serves 221 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 40% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Potter School is one of 11 schools operated by Flint School District of the City of, a district that hosts 2,541 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Potter School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 20% White, 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Potter School records 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 34.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Genesee County put the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Potter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richfield Public School Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 42%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 25% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 34.0:1 today.

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