NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in East Lansing, MI

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13 public K-12 schools in East Lansing from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
4,788
Students
32.3/100
Avg Resource Index
15.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, East Lansing has more public-school enrollment than 53% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. East Lansing's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of East Lansing's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

East Lansing's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 17th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 53rd percentile. The 36-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 47%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
17th percentile
Teacher staffing
53rd percentile

East Lansing High School accounts for 25.7% of all East Lansing public-school enrollment

That concentration means East Lansing-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Lansing school enrollment varies 308× across entities

East Lansing school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 1,231 students (highest), a spread of 1,227 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Lansing student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within East Lansing is typically wider than the East Lansing-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of East Lansing's 13 listed schools are charters

23% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Project Search 57
2. Great Lakes Learning Academy Hs 55
3. East Lansing High School 43
4. Red Cedar School 40
5. Ingham Isd Asd Programs 38
6. Glencairn School 30
7. Whitehills Elementary School 29
8. Cole Academy East 27
9. Donley Elementary School 25
10. Robert L Green Elementary 24
11. Macdonald Middle School 23
12. Marble School 22
13. Great Lakes Learning Academy Mshs 7

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in East Lansing

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Cole Academy East 74.6/100
  2. 2 Donley Elementary School 74.1/100
  3. 3 Red Cedar School 74.0/100
  4. 4 Robert L Green Elementary 66.4/100
  5. 5 Great Lakes Learning Academy Hs 65.8/100

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Which East Lansing school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Project Search has the highest Resource Investment Index among the East Lansing schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in East Lansing, MI? ▼

East Lansing has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,788 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.