Capital Area K12 Online

Capital Area K12 Online is a mid-tier combined-grade school in LANSING, Michigan, operated by Lansing Public School District. The school instructs 353 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 281.

Lansing Public School District comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 10,048 students; Capital Area K12 Online is among them.

In terms of who attends, Capital Area K12 Online lists that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Black, 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

In the area at large, census data for Ingham County shows median household earnings sit near $65,526, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Capital Area K12 Online is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lansing Learning Hub, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

On this page, members of the Capital Area K12 Online community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.