About Lansing Public School District
Lansing Public School District is a public school system serving Ingham County, Michigan, based in Lansing. It serves 9,951 students across 26 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #14 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Lansing Public School District enrolls 9,951 students in 26 schools — an average of about 383 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #14 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Lansing Public School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (9,951 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Lansing Public School District employs about 584 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 17.0:1 — above the Michigan average of about 16.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 1,848.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Lansing Public School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Lansing Public School District on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Lansing Public School District in the free Cognia registry.
Lansing Public School District vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Lansing Public School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):