Lyons School

Lyons School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in LANSING, Michigan, run under Lansing Public School District, instructing 242 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

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

Demographically, Lyons School reports that the most-represented group is White (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 18% multiracial, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Lyons School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Ingham County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), Lyons School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Everett High School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lyons School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 274 (now 242). Asian enrollment moved from 1% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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