East Intermediate School

East Intermediate School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in LANSING, Michigan, overseen by Waverly Community Schools, teaches 429 students, covering grades 5 through 6.

Across the 6 schools in Waverly Community Schools (2,822 students total), East Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, East Intermediate School lists that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at East Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Intermediate School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.1%; actual is 21.1%, a gap of -18.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 East Intermediate School is one.

The closest other public school is Windemere Park Charter Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Intermediate School has grew 10%, going from 389 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 25% across the same window.

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