Summary:
The Lansing Public School District operates 15 elementary schools serving grades PK-8, with a range of 245 to 898 students per school. The district as a whole is ranked 526 out of 613 in Michigan and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating significant room for improvement in academic performance.
Among the elementary schools, a few stand out in terms of academic achievement. Post Oak School, a magnet school, consistently ranks among the top 760-551 elementary schools in Michigan and earns 2-3 stars from SchoolDigger, with the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Similarly, Pattengill School, another magnet school, demonstrates strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Science, and ranks in the top 1097-1133 elementary schools in Michigan. In contrast, Cavanaugh School, a smaller elementary school with 271 students, has the highest proficiency rates in 3rd-grade English Language Arts (41.6%) and Math (48.1%) among the schools in the data set.
However, the data also reveals significant performance gaps between the top-performing schools and the lower-performing schools, with chronic absenteeism rates consistently high at 29.5% across all schools, well above the state average. Additionally, the majority of the schools have high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 65.54% to 94.19%, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student populations. The wide range in spending per student, from $17,167 at Post Oak School to $27,096 at Willow School, suggests potential funding disparities that may contribute to the performance gaps observed between the schools.
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