Forest View School

Forest View School is an elementary-level community of small scale in LANSING, Michigan, operated by Lansing Public School District, teacheing 262 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Forest View School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Forest View School is one of 26 schools operated by Lansing Public School District, a district that works with 10,048 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Forest View School records that the most-represented group is Black (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% White, 19% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Forest View School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ingham County shows median household income runs about $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. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Forest View School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Beekman Center, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 210 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 36% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Forest View School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.