Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST LANSING SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261260004976
Whitehills Elementary School
621 PEBBLEBROOK LN, EAST LANSING, MI 48823 · (517) 333-7900 · Ingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
70 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within East Lansing School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
59.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whitehills Elementary School
Whitehills Elementary School's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehills Elementary School this school | 286 | 24.5% | 61.9% |
| Glencairn School EAST LANSING | 298 | 23.8% | 53.8% |
| Dicken Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 320 | 24.1% | 56.1% |
| Dutton Elementary School CALEDONIA | 317 | 28.4% | 73.5% |
| STEM Academy KALAMAZOO | 298 | 26.2% | 63.6% |
| Grandville South Elementary School GRANDVILLE | 287 | 31.4% | 60.8% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whitehills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #170 of 1,085 | #3 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #232 of 1,072 | #4 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #126 of 1,139 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #1,143 of 1,630 | #34 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #640 of 1,424 | #24 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #364 of 1,424 | #29 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #1,313 of 1,563 | #37 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #518 of 979 | #14 of 25 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
286
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 286 | 18.3 | 15.7:1 | 24% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 26% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 27% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 25% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 18.1 | 18.0:1 | 29% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 18 | 19.6:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 14 | 14.6:1 | 16% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 208 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitehills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (325 to 286); teachers up 1% (18.1 to 18.3).
About Whitehills Elementary School
Whitehills Elementary School is an elementary school in EAST LANSING, Michigan, according to federal school records. In all, 286 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in Michigan.
East Lansing School District enrolls 3,702 students in 8 schools, including Whitehills Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Whitehills Elementary School is White: 64%. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whitehills Elementary School scores 56%.
There are 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.7:1. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Of all students at Whitehills Elementary School, 24% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ingham County is 49%.
Whitehills Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The model predicts 55.4% for a school in Michigan with Whitehills Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Whitehills Elementary School posts 61.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ingham County show that the median household earns about $65,526 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Ingham County has 100 public schools with about 37,914 students, including Whitehills Elementary School.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Donley Elementary School, is the closest to Whitehills Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 61.9% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
Whitehills Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 284 in 2020-21, 286 in 2024-25.
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Ingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,913
Census ACS
Median income
$65,526
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
37,914 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Lansing School District
- East Lansing High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- MacDonald Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Marble SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Glencairn SchoolElementary · 298 students
- Robert L Green ElementaryElementary · 273 students
- Donley Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
Other schools in EAST LANSING
- East Lansing High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- MacDonald Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHSHigh · 760 students
- Marble SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Glencairn SchoolElementary · 298 students
- Robert L Green ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Donley Elementary School0.8 mi · 262
- East Lansing High School0.8 mi · 1,231
- Ingham ISD ASD Programs1.0 mi · 11
- Robert L Green Elementary1.1 mi · 273
- Marble School1.1 mi · 306
- MacDonald Middle School1.2 mi · 857
Frequently asked questions
About Whitehills Elementary SchoolHow large is Whitehills Elementary School?
Whitehills Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Whitehills Elementary School serve?
Whitehills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Whitehills Elementary School have?
Whitehills Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitehills Elementary School?
At Whitehills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitehills Elementary School?
Whitehills Elementary School is overseen by East Lansing School District in Ingham County.
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