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Post Oak School

Q: Is Post Oak School a good school?

Post Oak School ranks 648 th of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-8

648^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 57% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Post Oak School is a public elementary school in Lansing, MI, serving 430 students in grades PK-8 within the Lansing Public School District. Despite its district ranking in the 14th percentile statewide, Post Oak stands out as a high-performing school, ranking in the 57th percentile for the 2025-2026 school year—a remarkable achievement that places it in the top half of all Michigan elementary schools.

Academically, Post Oak significantly outperforms its immediate district neighbors. For example, 3rd-grade English Language Arts proficiency is 56.5%, compared to just 14.7% at Pattengill School and 17.1% at Gier Park School, both located within a couple of miles. In fact, Post Oak's performance is more aligned with schools in the neighboring East Lansing School District, such as Glencairn School and Whitehills Elementary School, though it trails those top-tier schools by about 5-15 percentage points. The school also earns a 4-star rating for its work with African American students, ranking in the 79th percentile statewide for that group—a notable strength. Chronic absenteeism, which spiked to 83.6% in 2022-2023, has dropped dramatically to 36.1%, now significantly better than district peers and approaching the state average.

One area of concern is a consistent drop in performance when students reach 5th grade. In 2025-2026, 5th-grade ELA proficiency falls to 36.7% from 64.3% in 4th grade, and math drops to 18.3% from 52.4%. This pattern appears across multiple years, suggesting a systemic challenge at that grade level. Post Oak spends $17,973 per student—less than some lower-performing district peers—indicating effective resource allocation. Overall, Post Oak demonstrates that strong academic success is possible even within a struggling district, making it a standout choice for families in the Lansing area.

430

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,973

Per pupil spending ?

65.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2320 Post Oak Ln
Lansing, MI 48912-3540

(517) 755-1610

District: Lansing Public School District

Racial breakdown:

White:

37.7%

Hispanic:

25.3%

African American:

18.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 38th percentile in 2015 → 57th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 19 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Lansing Public School District

✓Above the Michigan median (57th percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 28% Michigan)

!Mathematics scores 12 pts below the Michigan average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg18%

Michigan avg40%

Elementary school

648^th of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 43%▲ up 7 pts since 2016

From bottom 49% (2016) to top 43% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

292^nd of 896

Michigan public middle schools ?

Top 33%▲ up 5 pts since 2022

From top 38% (2022) to top 33% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 15Elementary Schools in the Lansing Public School District

539^th of 625Lansing Public School District among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	53.6	648 of 1492	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	60.9	551 of 1488	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.2	760 of 1486	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.0	767 of 1470	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	915 of 1344	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.8	530 of 1408	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.9	599 of 1448	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	45.0	767 of 1466	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	50.5	788 of 1548	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	41.3	981 of 1580	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	25.5	1274 of 1566	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	48.2	1035 of 1552	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	27.3	1339 of 1552	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	35.6	1283 of 1589	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	39.9	1199 of 1577	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	30.2	1317 of 1565	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.1	1264 of 1545	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.9	80 of 388	79.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	55.3	541 of 1343	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	68.4	350 of 1338	73.8%	★★★★☆
2024	40.9	747 of 1342	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.1	729 of 1321	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.6	879 of 1106	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.1	633 of 1171	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.3	677 of 1443	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	43.1	116 of 225	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.5	99 of 201	50.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	55.1	533 of 1352	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.0	421 of 1346	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.6	644 of 1381	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.0	662 of 1350	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.5	296 of 1397	78.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	44.5	730 of 1372	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	49.5	663 of 1366	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.8	712 of 1347	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.1	666 of 1334	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.1	760 of 1139	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.2	656 of 1446	54.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	58.0	475 of 1199	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	76.2	252 of 1206	79.1%	★★★★☆
2024	59.9	459 of 1204	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.4	415 of 1198	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.4	691 of 1253	44.9%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	60.8	292 of 896	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	59.3	309 of 890	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.3	480 of 897	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.3	349 of 883	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.0	291 of 776	62.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	49.4	357 of 789	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.2	385 of 789	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.9	446 of 771	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.3	494 of 770	35.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	58.9	90 of 260	65.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.6	198 of 834	76.3%	★★★★☆
2025	54.6	323 of 832	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.3	411 of 836	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	82.4	73 of 825	91.2%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.3	216 of 813	73.4%	★★★★☆
2025	61.6	249 of 798	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.6	160 of 776	79.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	68.6	177 of 687	74.2%	★★★★☆
2025	73.7	148 of 696	78.7%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2026)79th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)61st percentile+4 vs school

White (2026)60th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)60th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)48th percentile-8 vs school

Male (2026)47th percentile-10 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)76th percentile+9 vs school

White (2026)74th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2026)73rd percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)65th percentile~ school

Female (2026)55th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts50%+10 vs state

Math39%+3 vs state

Science35%-5 vs state

Social Studies29%-10 vs state

Mathematics21%-12 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The school itself is a good school for the educational content to an extent for a Lansing school, not elite like people portray it but the social environment is interesting to say the least. The environment is touch and go. You either have great teachers or teachers that wont even acknowledge you or look you in the eye unless it is conference time. Teachers that can teach and those that can yell. You have really great parents or parents that feel like they are elite or better. Ahem (some of the pta). The egos here are somewhat detrimental. Teachers play favorites and if your kid is not one of them try and see how fast they try to gaslight you if you make a complaint. It does not feel like a community or inclusive at all. I sit back and observe and my observations have lead me to look for more options fir my kid. I've visited more elite schools who dont act or portray themselves as better but academically they supercede this school. It's not a who's who and how can I socially climb, it's soley about the true purpose, education. Make Post Oak kind again. Make all the teachers kind not just some. It's hard dropping your kindergartener off while seeing an elderly 3rd grade teacher yelling at the top of her lungs at them.. Yelling is a teaching technique for normal kindergarteners being kids? But I digress, this place is a mixed bag with the potential to be great. Take the bad teachers out, don't allow the PTA to run the school, and be equal to all children. Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, February 26, 2017

The Chinese Language Immersion is an amazing dual-Language learning opportunity. Teachers are very engaged and classrooms are well controlled. Principal Ojerio is a fantastic administrator and very engaged with parents, teachers & students. Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Because of this wretched school I learned absolutely nothing! My family actually moved because this school was so horrible. If my parents had not chosen to look for better education I would still be illiterate, and would not be in college now. Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Innovative Chinese Immersion school. Students are taught 1/2 day by chinese teacher and 1/2 day by english speaking teacher. Excellent learning environment and community school. In order to take advantage of this opportunity for our daughter, we did schools of choice out of East Lansing. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Post Oak School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	2320 Post Oak Ln	Lansing	48912	Ingham County	Lansing Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 755-1610	430	28	15.2	65.6%	162 (37.7%)	78 (18.1%)	109 (25.3%)	19 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (14.4%)	53.6	648^th of 1492 public elementary schools	56.6%		60.9	551^st of 1488 public elementary schools	63.0%	97	57.4	21.3	56.5	64.3	36.7	50.0	47.3	58.7	52.4	18.3	37.5	36.4	26.7	44.7	13.3	48.9	$17,973	$2,904	$15,069
Robert L Green Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1811 Pinecrest Dr	East Lansing	48823	Ingham County	East Lansing School District	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 333-7870	273	21	13.1	33.7%	143 (52.4%)	52 (19.0%)	27 (9.9%)	19 (7.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (10.3%)	70.8	392^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	73.7%		80.7	263^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	82.3%	129			54.9	57.8	56.0			56.9	47.8	40.0			46.0		30.0		$15,049	$1,089	$13,960
Ingham Independent School District (Isd) ASD Programs	Public	PK, KG-8	1811 Pinecrest Dr	East Lansing	48854	Ingham County	Ingham Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(517) 244-1471	11	3	3.6	54.5%	10 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Pattengill School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	815 N Fairview Ave	Lansing	48912	Ingham County	Lansing Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 755-1130	706	39	18.3	88.8%	147 (20.8%)	190 (26.9%)	222 (31.4%)	23 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	121 (17.1%)	16.6	1247^th of 1492 public elementary schools	16.4%		23.8	1097^th of 1488 public elementary schools	26.3%	150	41.8	10.1	14.7	13.7	25.0	25.3	16.7	22.7	6.8	15.8	20.0	17.7	22.4	17.7	11.8	19.0	$18,089	$3,339	$14,750
Cole Academy East	Public, Charter	K-5	2921 E Coleman Rd	East Lansing	48823	Ingham County	Cole Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(517) 580-3470	148	9	16.4	54.1%	44 (29.7%)	38 (25.7%)	43 (29.1%)	3 (2.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (12.2%)	30.7	992^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	33.5%		32.1	978^th of 1488 public elementary schools	34.3%	14			18.2	21.4	40.0			36.4	1372.9	26.7			33.3		1480.9		$11,539	$896	$10,643
Glencairn School	Public	PK, KG-5	939 N Harrison Rd	East Lansing	48823	Ingham County	East Lansing School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 333-7930	298	18	16.1	23.8%	186 (62.4%)	30 (10.1%)	32 (10.7%)	12 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (12.1%)	76.1	322^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	78.4%		77.3	300^th of 1488 public elementary schools	79.8%	22			55.4	42.9	64.4			47.4	49.0	53.3			55.8		51.1		$13,461	$723	$12,738
Gier Park School	Public	PK, KG-4	401 E Gier St	Lansing	48906	Clinton County	Lansing Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 755-1360	316	21	14.8	89.9%	104 (32.9%)	76 (24.1%)	83 (26.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (16.5%)	12.4	1325^th of 1492 public elementary schools	11.2%		15.1	1257^th of 1488 public elementary schools	15.5%	68			17.1	18.1				13.3	20.8								$19,792	$3,313	$16,478
Whitehills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	621 Pebblebrook Ln	East Lansing	48823	Ingham County	East Lansing School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 333-7900	286	18	15.6	24.5%	183 (64.0%)	32 (11.2%)	35 (12.2%)	17 (5.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.9%)	79.1	276^th of 1492 public elementary schools	81.5%		87.9	159^th of 1488 public elementary schools	89.3%	117			62.8	46.2	59.3			67.4	40.4	51.9			57.4		50.0		$14,448	$605	$13,843
MidMichigan Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	730 W Maple St	Lansing	48906	Clinton County	Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(517) 485-5379	316	27	11.7	99.7%	11 (3.5%)	215 (68.0%)	28 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (18.0%)								(n/a)	24.2	347.6	1267.0	1365.7	10.0	1559.5	1670.0	1259.2	1357.1	1457.2	1551.2	1661.2	1471.4	8.8	1464.8	17.6	$17,474	$2,595	$14,880
Red Cedar School	Public	PK, KG-5	1110 Narcissus Dr	East Lansing	48823	Ingham County	East Lansing School District	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 333-5060	189	21	8.9	43.4%	77 (40.7%)	29 (15.3%)	24 (12.7%)	41 (21.7%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.5%)	60.3	554^th of 1492 public elementary schools	62.9%		55.3	642^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	56.9%	88			44.4	47.4	52.4			48.1	50.0	23.8			38.1		33.3		$22,057	$1,454	$20,602

Frequently Asked Questions about Post Oak School

What is the racial makeup of Post Oak School?

Students at Post Oak School are 38% White, 25% Hispanic, 18% African American, 14% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

How many students attend Post Oak School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 430 students attended Post Oak School.

Is Post Oak School a good school?

Post Oak School ranks 648^th of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Post Oak School in?

Lansing Public School District

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