Cole Academy East

Cole Academy East operates as a small elementary school in EAST LANSING, Michigan. The school enrolls 148 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 60% below that mark.

Cole Academy is made up of 2 schools with 303 students in all.

The student body at Cole Academy East has no majority group. White students lead at 30%. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 26% Black, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Clinton County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Cole Academy East are from different groups.

The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. A total of 80 students, or 54%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Clinton County average 30%.

In Clinton County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $88,210 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Clinton County number 26, with about 9,640 students.

Measured in a straight line, Post Oak School is about 1.2 miles from Cole Academy East. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Cole Academy East holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

The school shrank from 180 students in 2020-21 to 148 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).

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