Forrest G Averill School

Forrest G Averill School is a close-knit elementary campus in LANSING, Michigan, part of Lansing Public School District. The school enrolls 232 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Lansing Public School District runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 10,048 students. Forrest G Averill School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Forrest G Averill School lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, Ingham County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Forrest G Averill School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Forrest G Averill School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

In the broader community, census data for Ingham County shows median household earnings sit near $65,526, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Ingham County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), Forrest G Averill School is one campus in the mix.

Mt Hope School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 41%: 165 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 52% to 41% across the same window.

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