Lansing Elementary School

Lansing Elementary School operates as a substantial elementary school in Lansing, Kansas, one of the schools within Lansing. Current enrollment sits at 758 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 142% above typical.

Within Lansing, which oversees 5 schools and 2,626 students, Lansing Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lansing Elementary School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Leavenworth County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Lansing Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Leavenworth County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Lansing Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 52.4%, a residual of +11.5 points.

In the broader community, Leavenworth County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,218, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Leavenworth County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students), Lansing Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lansing Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lansing Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 33%: 1,126 students in 2018 compared to 758 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.