Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy

Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy is a cozy senior high in SAGINAW, Michigan, part of Saginaw School District of the City of. The school caters to 374 students in grades 6 through 12.

Saginaw School District of the City of runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 5,382 students. Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saginaw County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.3%; Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy posts 75.8%, +29.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Saginaw County reports that 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 Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy is one.

Handley School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 29%: 530 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 10% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.