Eastern High School

Eastern High School is one of the sprawling 9-12 campuss in LANSING, Michigan, one of the schools within Lansing Public School District, with 798 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Eastern High School sits 73% larger than that benchmark.

Eastern High School is one of 26 schools operated by Lansing Public School District, a district that instructs 10,048 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eastern High School records that 35% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 19% White, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ingham County put median household earnings sit near $65,526, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ingham County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), Eastern High School is one campus in the mix.

Pattengill School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 37%: 1,265 students in 2018 compared to 798 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 25% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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