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Alumni: what's one memory from Delta Center Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND LEDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261641005291
Delta Center Elementary School
305 S CANAL RD, LANSING, MI 48917 · (517) 925-5540 · Eaton County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
176 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 123 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 43% larger than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Delta Center Elementary School→Leon W Hayes Intermediate School→Kenneth T Beagle Middle School→Grand Ledge High School
Based on grade levels within Grand Ledge Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Delta Center Elementary School
Delta Center Elementary School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Center Elementary School this school | 528 | 33.3% | 51.2% |
| Wixom Elementary School WIXOM | 438 | 30.4% | 46.5% |
| McGregor Elementary School ROCHESTER | 443 | 34.3% | 46.3% |
| Carpenter Elem School LAKE ORION | 467 | 30.6% | 55.5% |
| Haisley Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 400 | 27.5% | 48.0% |
| John Allen School ANN ARBOR | 401 | 33.9% | 50.4% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Delta Center Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Eaton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #394 of 1,085 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #527 of 1,072 | #4 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #336 of 1,139 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #212 of 1,630 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,089 of 1,424 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #249 of 1,424 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #1,169 of 1,563 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #292 of 979 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
528
-65 (-11%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 33% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 28.8 | 18.5:1 | 40% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 29.2 | 17.2:1 | 36% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 32% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 33.9 | 19.1:1 | 28% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 27% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 31 | 18.5:1 | 22% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 13% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta Center Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (646 to 528); teachers down 12% (33.9 to 30).
About Delta Center Elementary School
Delta Center Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of LANSING, Michigan. Its enrollment is 528 students, spread over kindergarten through 4. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 369.
Grand Ledge Public Schools includes 8 schools. Together they enroll 5,406 students.
More than half of enrollment at Delta Center Elementary School is White: 59%. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. The school's White share is 22 points below the 81% share among Eaton County residents. The diversity index for Delta Center Elementary School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Delta Center Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. The school's 17.6:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. The school has 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Eaton County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
A school with Delta Center Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 51.5%. Delta Center Elementary School scores 51.2%, within a point of that line.
The school is in Eaton County, where the median household earns about $79,597 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Eaton County has 47 public schools with about 17,025 students, including Delta Center Elementary School.
Insight School of Michigan is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Delta Center Elementary School ranks 1st of 4 nearby schools, at 51.2% versus a 31.6% average.
Under the NCES locale system, Delta Center Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Delta Center Elementary School had a net loss of 65 students, or 11%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Delta Center Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Eaton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,130
Census ACS
Median income
$79,597
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
17,025 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grand Ledge Public Schools
- Grand Ledge High SchoolHigh · 1,704 students
- Kenneth T Beagle Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Leon W Hayes Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Willow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- TC Holbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- Wacousta Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in LANSING
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,017 students
- Waverly Senior High SchoolHigh · 987 students
- Gardner International SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Insight School of MichiganHigh · 862 students
- Eastern High SchoolHigh · 798 students
- Pattengill SchoolElementary · 706 students
Nearby schools
- Insight School of Michigan0.9 mi · 862
- Winans Elementary School1.8 mi · 392
- Waverly Middle School1.9 mi · 451
- SAIL Waverly2.0 mi · 9
- Waverly Senior High School2.0 mi · 987
- LifeTech Academy2.2 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Delta Center Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Delta Center Elementary School?
Delta Center Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Delta Center Elementary School serve?
Delta Center Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Delta Center Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Delta Center Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Delta Center Elementary School?
Student demographics at Delta Center Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Delta Center Elementary School in?
Delta Center Elementary School is part of Grand Ledge Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.