Gardner International School

Gardner International School, an expansive elementary-level community in LANSING, Michigan, run under Lansing Public School District, teaches 874 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Gardner International School sits 137% above that benchmark.

Within Lansing Public School District, which oversees 26 schools and 10,048 students, Gardner International School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gardner International School reports that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 14% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Gardner International School is one.

The closest other public school is Attwood School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

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