North School

North School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in LANSING, Michigan, part of Lansing Public School District, with 471 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

North School is one of 26 schools operated by Lansing Public School District, a district that hosts 10,048 students overall.

On the student-mix side, North School reports that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 19% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Ingham County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, North School shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at North School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Ingham County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,526, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. North School is one of 100 public schools in Ingham County (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students).

Gardner International School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

North School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. North School's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 471). Asian enrollment moved from 25% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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