LANSING HIGH SCHOOL

Set in LANSING, New York, LANSING HIGH SCHOOL is a tight-knit secondary school, operated by LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 371 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,118 students; LANSING HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LANSING HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 15% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting LANSING HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Tompkins County's rate of about 36%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LANSING HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.3%.

In the broader community, Tompkins County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,024, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Tompkins County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), of which LANSING HIGH SCHOOL is one.

RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LANSING HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 64.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. LANSING HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 371). The White share of enrollment shrank from 85% to 75% over that span.

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