Pattengill School

Located at 815 N FAIRVIEW AVE, in LANSING, Michigan, Pattengill School is a high-enrollment elementary school that instructs 706 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Lansing Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 91% bigger than the state mean of about 369.

Lansing Public School District comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 10,048 students; Pattengill School is among them.

On demographics, Pattengill School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 27% Black, 21% White, 17% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Pattengill School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ingham County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pattengill School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ingham County) records 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%. Pattengill School is one of 100 public schools in Ingham County (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students).

The closest other public school is Eastern High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pattengill School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pattengill School's enrollment has ticked up 45% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 706). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 36% to 27%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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