Lewton School

Lewton School is a small elementary school in LANSING, Michigan, (ZIP code 48911). Enrollment totals 272 students across pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 26% below that mark.

Lansing Public School District enrolls 10,048 students in 26 schools, including Lewton School.

Federal enrollment data show Lewton School is 63% Hispanic. Next come 15% White, 11% Black, and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 9% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Lewton School is 14.6:1, based on 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Lewton School counts 70% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Ingham County average 49%.

Census data for Ingham County show median household income comes to about $65,526, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Ingham County number 100, with about 37,914 students.

Lewton School is about 0.5 miles from Dwight Rich School of the Arts, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment rose by 25% across 4 years, from 218 in 2020-21 to 272 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.8:1 to 14.6:1.

The allk12 page for Lewton School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.