Okemos Public MontessoriCentral

Okemos Public MontessoriCentral is an average-sized elementary school in OKEMOS, Michigan, operated by Okemos Public Schools. The school instructs 326 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Okemos Public Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,639 students; Okemos Public MontessoriCentral is among them.

On demographics, Okemos Public MontessoriCentral lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Asian, 11% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Ingham County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Okemos Public MontessoriCentral has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Okemos Public MontessoriCentral ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 61.5%; Okemos Public MontessoriCentral posts 78.9%, +17.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ingham County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Okemos Public MontessoriCentral is one.

The closest other public school is Chippewa Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Okemos Public MontessoriCentral. On composite proficiency, Okemos Public MontessoriCentral comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 327 students in 2018 compared to 326 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 44% across the same window.

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