Kearsley High School

Summary:

Kearsley High School is a public high school located in Flint, Michigan, serving 887 students in grades 9-12. The school's student population has become more diverse in recent years, with decreases in the percentage of White students and increases in African American and Hispanic students.

While Kearsley High School's performance is generally better than some nearby schools, the school faces several challenges. Its four-year graduation rate has declined from 85.0% in 2019-2020 to 76.7% in 2022-2023, lower than the state average of 80-85%. The school's dropout rate has also increased significantly, from 5.6% in 2018-2019 to 12.7% in 2022-2023, much higher than the state average of 5-7%. Chronic absenteeism has been a major issue, rising from 16.8% in 2019-2020 to 46.7% in 2022-2023, well above the state average of 20-25%. Kearsley High School's test scores, particularly in STEM subjects, are also lower than state and district averages.

However, the school's performance is better than some nearby schools, such as Accelerated Learning Academy and Beecher Alternative Education, which have much lower graduation rates and higher dropout rates. Additionally, Kearsley High School's per-student spending has increased, and its student-teacher ratio has decreased, which may have contributed to some improvements. Addressing chronic absenteeism and supporting underperforming student subgroups could be key focus areas for the school to improve its overall performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4302 Underhill Dr
       Flint, MI  48506-1534


(810) 591-5313

District: Kearsley Community School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
286th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,420 Help


Feeder schools for Kearsley High School:

Elementary:    Kate Dowdall Elementary School
    Weston Elementary School
Middle:    Armstrong Middle School
    Leota Fiedler Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.7 Help
Number of students:  887

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.0%
African American:
12.2%
Hispanic:
9.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82.1% Help


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Compare Details Kearsley High School ranks better than 61.5% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.58. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Kearsley High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71%), African American (12.2%), Hispanic (9.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 82.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kearsley High School is 18.7. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kearsley High School is $13,420.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kearsley High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kearsley High School 286th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Kearsley High School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Kearsley High School

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Rank History for all students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 69.84 242nd 705 65.7%
2007 77.98 151st 767 80.3%
2008 76.37 184th 750 75.5%
2009 72.36 229th 754 69.6%
2010 67.90 315th 765 58.8%
2011 60.03 403rd 784 48.6%
2012 61.13 337th 773 56.4%
2013 53.95 398th 805 50.6%
2014 53.18 409th 799 48.8%
2015 78.71 151st 832 81.9%
2016 59.97 325th 852 61.9%
2017 57.55 308th 835 63.1%
2018 52.33 393rd 824 52.3%
2019 43.12 385th 666 42.2%
2021 34.12 372nd 561 33.7%
2022 40.88 354th 531 33.3%
2023 61.84 241st 735 67.2%
2024 57.58 286th 743 61.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.37 91st 315 71.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.34 371st 755 50.9%
2019 42.35 319th 532 40.0%
2021 56.86 166th 417 60.2%
2022 51.63 199th 369 46.1%
2023 62.39 196th 614 68.1%
2024 58.70 234th 654 64.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.09 324th 710 54.4%
2019 43.71 312th 554 43.7%
2021 20.69 395th 462 14.5%
2022 40.44 292nd 416 29.8%
2023 65.98 176th 611 71.2%
2024 47.09 305th 619 50.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.58 409th 707 42.1%
2019 29.87 400th 543 26.3%
2021 42.63 265th 472 43.9%
2022 29.93 344th 440 21.8%
2023 47.69 308th 611 49.6%
2024 60.27 222nd 633 64.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.36 122nd 254 52.0%
2019 72.07 35th 147 76.2%
2023 35.77 98th 170 42.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.78 38th 201 81.1%
2024 56.21 74th 195 62.1%
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Rank History for White students at Kearsley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.24 388th 708 45.2%
2019 39.46 359th 582 38.3%
2021 35.00 345th 516 33.1%
2022 33.65 357th 492 27.4%
2023 64.66 187th 647 71.1%
2024 60.37 210th 638 67.1%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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by a student
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Open Quote Went to this school for all four years, never felt accepted or wanted. Played sports was bullied and teased into quitting. Coaches and teachers are all jokes. Nobody there has much interest in helping, it's like a teenager day care. Most the teachers don't care to teach they just like having power over others and get off on treating students miserably. Takes over 5 mins to get from one class to the other and that you walking straight from door to door, oh teacher doesn't care tardy literally everyday, unless i leave other class early, which of course i can't. So i automatically get Saturday school every week cause of the distance between my classes. Complain to principal nothing i can do, oh it's all my fault? okay i'll just stop going to class, which is what I did. But I'm the student its always my fault I'm too blame, really would have been nice if ANYBODY at this school cared about the students, or education in general. Crap school, crap community, this place needs help. DO NOT send your kids here unless they are straight-a students and/or are popular, Close Quote



Enrollment information for Kearsley High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1207 8 3 8 81 n/a n/a -180 1127
1989 1152 7 3 12 62 n/a n/a -157 1079
1990 1112 7 6 5 49 n/a n/a -127 1052
1991 923 11 12 16 23 n/a n/a 128 1113
1992 949 11 15 11 10 n/a n/a 0 996
1993 1040 9 8 14 4 n/a n/a 0 1075
1994 1031 14 11 28 2 n/a n/a 0 1086
1995 1057 9 6 15 1 n/a n/a 0 1088
1996 1057 9 6 15 1 n/a n/a 0 1088
1997 1061 15 5 13 1 n/a n/a 0 1095
1998 1119 14 6 16 2 n/a n/a 0 1157
1999 1112 14 5 20 3 n/a n/a 0 1154
2000 1134 19 5 21 4 n/a n/a 0 1183
2001 1143 19 5 17 5 n/a n/a 0 1189
2002 1097 27 8 23 6 n/a n/a 1 1162
2003 1097 27 8 23 6 n/a n/a 1 1162
2004 1070 28 6 23 10 n/a n/a 1 1138
2005 1139 40 9 27 3 n/a n/a 0 1218
2006 1144 45 7 30 1 n/a n/a 0 1227
2007 1138 37 11 24 3 n/a n/a 15 1228
2008 1144 42 14 29 2 n/a n/a 0 1231
2009 1072 49 15 22 5 n/a n/a 0 1163
2010 1128 67 4 30 19 n/a n/a 0 1248
2011 1005 50 5 28 15 0 2 0 1105
2012 984 80 7 35 14 0 2 0 1122
2013 991 100 6 39 14 0 8 0 1158
2014 974 127 7 41 11 0 20 0 1180
2015 966 144 4 57 10 0 15 0 1196
2016 861 136 5 61 7 0 16 0 1086
2017 796 132 3 72 4 1 19 0 1027
2018 789 126 4 81 5 1 24 0 1030
2019 760 108 9 69 4 2 27 0 979
2020 709 90 7 61 7 2 33 0 909
2021 745 86 7 64 8 2 41 0 953
2022 680 95 5 56 5 1 46 0 888
2023 630 108 4 81 5 0 59 0 887

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kearsley High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1127 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1079 n/a n/a 2.5
1990 1052 60.0 17.5 2.9
1991 1113 n/a n/a n/a
1992 996 n/a n/a 9.1
1993 1075 n/a 0.0 6.5
1994 1086 44.0 24.7 8.4
1995 1088 50.0 21.8 6.7
1996 1088 50.0 21.8 6.7
1997 1095 50.0 21.9 4.6
1998 1157 52.0 22.3 10.1
1999 1154 54.0 21.4 8
2000 1183 55.0 21.5 8.8
2001 1189 54.0 22.0 9.6
2002 1162 52.0 22.3 13.8
2003 1162 52.0 22.3 13.8
2004 1138 50.1 22.7 16.8
2005 1218 49.9 24.4 17.4
2006 1227 52.9 23.2 19.6
2007 1228 51.8 23.7 18.5
2008 1231 49.9 24.7 21.7
2009 1163 50.8 22.9 32.9
2010 1248 53.2 23.4 43.6
2011 1105 50.8 21.7 38.7
2012 1122 46.8 23.9 49.4
2013 1158 47.5 24.3 51.9
2014 1180 48.7 24.2 56.1
2015 1196 51.0 23.4 60.3
2016 1086 50.0 21.7 57.5
2017 1027 47.6 21.5 63.8
2018 1030 48.0 21.4 65.6
2019 979 49.0 19.9 62.9
2020 909 43.6 20.8 70.7
2021 953 44.4 21.4 86.9
2022 888 44.7 19.8 78
2023 887 47.2 18.7 82.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kearsley High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1127 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1079 n/a n/a 2.5
1990 1052 60.0 17.5 2.9
1991 1113 n/a n/a n/a
1992 996 n/a n/a 9.1
1993 1075 n/a 0.0 6.5
1994 1086 44.0 24.7 8.4
1995 1088 50.0 21.8 6.7
1996 1088 50.0 21.8 6.7
1997 1095 50.0 21.9 4.6
1998 1157 52.0 22.3 10.1
1999 1154 54.0 21.4 8
2000 1183 55.0 21.5 8.8
2001 1189 54.0 22.0 9.6
2002 1162 52.0 22.3 13.8
2003 1162 52.0 22.3 13.8
2004 1138 50.1 22.7 16.8
2005 1218 49.9 24.4 17.4
2006 1227 52.9 23.2 19.6
2007 1228 51.8 23.7 18.5
2008 1231 49.9 24.7 21.7
2009 1163 50.8 22.9 32.9
2010 1248 53.2 23.4 43.6
2011 1105 50.8 21.7 38.7
2012 1122 46.8 23.9 49.4
2013 1158 47.5 24.3 51.9
2014 1180 48.7 24.2 56.1
2015 1196 51.0 23.4 60.3
2016 1086 50.0 21.7 57.5
2017 1027 47.6 21.5 63.8
2018 1030 48.0 21.4 65.6
2019 979 49.0 19.9 62.9
2020 909 43.6 20.8 70.7
2021 953 44.4 21.4 86.9
2022 888 44.7 19.8 78
2023 887 47.2 18.7 82.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Kearsley High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $869 (8.3%) $9,571 (91.7%) $10,440
2020 $1,220 (11.6%) $9,310 (88.4%) $10,531
2021 $1,271 (12.0%) $9,347 (88.0%) $10,618
2022 $1,936 (16.0%) $10,158 (84.0%) $12,095
2023 $2,337 (17.4%) $11,082 (82.6%) $13,420

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Kearsley High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 385th of 666 High schoolsRanks 241st of 735 High schools
 25%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Kearsley High School)45.446.8
 1.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Kearsley Community School District)45.446.8
 1.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Kearsley High School)45.955.3
 9.4%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Kearsley Community School District)45.955.6
 9.7%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Kearsley High School)29.924.8
 5.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kearsley Community School District)29.924.6
 5.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students979887
 9.4%
African American108108
American Indian45
 25%
Asian94
 55.6%
Hispanic6981
 17.4%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White760630
 17.1%
Two or More Races2759
 118.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62.9%82.1%
 19.2%


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Kearsley High School ranks 286th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 887 students attended Kearsley High School.

Students at Kearsley High School are 71% White, 12% African American, 9% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.


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