Attwood School

Attwood School is a medium-sized elementary school in LANSING, Michigan. It serves 426 students in kindergarten through 8.

Attwood School is among 26 schools run by Lansing Public School District, which serves 10,048 students.

Black students account for 50% of enrollment at Attwood School. Enrollment also includes 17% multiracial, 17% White, 13% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 39 points above the 11% share among Ingham County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Attwood School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.

The teaching staff at Attwood School is 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, lower than at this school. About 92% of students, or 390, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Ingham County is 43 points.

In Ingham County (population about 283,913), median household income is about $65,526, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 100 public schools operate in Ingham County, serving about 37,914 students.

The nearest other public school, Gardner International School, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Attwood School.

NCES assigns Attwood School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Attwood School reported 223 students in 2020-21 and 426 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.9:1 to 18.3:1.

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