Hartland Lakes Elementary School

Hartland Lakes Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in BRIGHTON, Michigan, one of the schools within Hartland Consolidated Schools, hosting 457 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 24% above typical.

Hartland Consolidated Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,002 students; Hartland Lakes Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Hartland Lakes Elementary School shows that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest breaks down as 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Hartland Lakes Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Hartland Lakes Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 66.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Livingston County put median household earnings sit near $103,039, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Livingston County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,695 students), of which Hartland Lakes Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hartland Farms Intermediate School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hartland Lakes Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hartland Lakes Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

Hartland Lakes Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 467 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Hartland Lakes Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.