Cornell Elementary School

Cornell Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in OKEMOS, Michigan, part of Okemos Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 439 students spanning grades K through 4.

Okemos Public Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,639 students; Cornell Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cornell Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 24% Asian, 13% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Ingham County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Cornell Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cornell Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Ingham County shows 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. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Cornell Elementary School is one.

Kinawa School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cornell Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cornell Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cornell Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 439). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 32% to 24%.

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