Hiawatha Elementary School

Located at 1900 JOLLY RD, in OKEMOS, Michigan, Hiawatha Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community that caters to 441 students (grades K through 4), operated by Okemos Public Schools.

Within Okemos Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 4,639 students, Hiawatha Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hiawatha Elementary School shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 22% Asian, 12% multiracial, 9% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hiawatha Elementary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ingham County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hiawatha Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the area at large, 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 roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ingham County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), Hiawatha Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kinawa School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hiawatha Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 65.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hiawatha Elementary School has shrank 12%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 35% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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