Cavanaugh School

Cavanaugh School is a primary school of intimate scale in LANSING, Michigan, overseen by Lansing Public School District, serveing 245 students in grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Cavanaugh School shows that the most-represented group is Black (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 22% White, 18% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cavanaugh School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at Cavanaugh School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cavanaugh School sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.5%; actual is 44.9%, +14.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ingham County put the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cavanaugh School is one of 100 public schools in Ingham County (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students).

Nearest neighbor: Everett High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cavanaugh School.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 251 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 30% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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