Southwestern Classical Academy

Southwestern Classical Academy is a high school of average-sized scale in FLINT, Michigan, part of Flint School District of the City of, instructing 464 students in grades 9 through 12.

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

On the student-mix side, Southwestern Classical Academy shows that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Genesee County's rate of about 61%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Genesee County put median household income runs about $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), Southwestern Classical Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Michigan School for the Deaf, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwestern Classical Academy.

Southwestern Classical Academy operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 52%: 968 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.