Cumberland School

Cumberland School is a public small elementary school in LANSING, Michigan. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 308 students.

In Lansing Public School District, 26 schools enroll a combined 10,048 students.

Enrollment at Cumberland School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 36%. The rest of enrollment is 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 12% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Ingham County's population at about 11%. Cumberland School has a diversity index of 76%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 at Cumberland School, with 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ingham County is 49%.

Ingham County has these Census figures: median household income is about $65,526, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Ingham County number 100 and enroll about 37,914.

Windemere Park Charter Academy is located about 1.1 miles from Cumberland School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Cumberland School had 254 students in 2020-21 and 308 in 2024-25, a 21% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.1:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.

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