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Lansing School District
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District details
School board members: 9
Students: 10,023 (2022-2023)
Schools: 29 (2022-2023)
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Lansing School District is a school district in Michigan (Clinton, Ingham, and Eaton counties). During the 2023 school year, 10,023 students attended one of the district's 29 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Lansing School District, At-large

General election

General election for Lansing School District, At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Lansing School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.

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James T. Allen (Nonpartisan)
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Keturah Bouyer (Nonpartisan)
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Joshua Crim (Nonpartisan)
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LaVonte Heard (Nonpartisan)
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Dan Nowiski (Nonpartisan)
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Kyle Richard (Nonpartisan)
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Cirea Strode (Nonpartisan)
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Simon Verghese (Nonpartisan)

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Lansing School District, At-large

General election

Special general election for Lansing School District, At-large

Deyanira Nevarez Martinez ran in the special general election for Lansing School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.

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Lansing School District, At-large

General election

General election for Lansing School District, At-large

Incumbent Bryan Beverly, incumbent Guillermo Z. López, and incumbent Shirley Rodgers won election in the general election for Lansing School District, At-large on November 4, 2014.

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Michigan are held on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Recent or upcoming election dates for all local school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all local school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: July 21, 2026
  • General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Michigan are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Michigan are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Michigan Election Law on school board candidate nominating petitions states, "(2)The nominating petition must be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition must be nonpartisan." It also states, "At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: [...], and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer, and district library board member."

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303 and Section 168.699

Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

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Term length and staggering

All school districts other community school districts in Michigan have board member terms of either four or six years depending on the board by-laws. As of 2022, 60% of school districts in Michigan had six-year board member terms, and 40% -- including community school districts -- had four-year board member terms.

Community school districts in Michigan have four-year board member terms. Initial terms for the first board members of newly organized community school districts are two, four, or six years to stagger elections.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.11a and Michigan Statute Section 380.384

For community school districts in Michigan, as close to half of school board members as possible for each district are elected every two years, which means either three or four seats are up for election at each even-year election. At the first board member election after community school districts are first organized, all seven board member seats are elected. Two members are elected to two-year terms, three members are elected to four-year terms, and two members are elected to six-year terms, with higher vote totals dictating longer initial terms. After initial terms, all board members have four-year terms, which results in staggered elections: four seats up in one election and three seats up in the next election.

Michigan statute requires that at least one board member must be elected every two years at each regular even-year election. Specific seat staggering details for school districts other than community school districts are determined at the local level by the district board's bylaws. Most districts with four-year board member terms elect as close to half of board members as possible every two years. Most districts with six-year board member terms elect as close to one-third of board members as possible every two years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Michigan Statute Section 168.301

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Michigan are elected at large by all voters in the district.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303, Section 168.307, and Section 380.384 (3)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file affidavits and nomination petitions or candidate filing fees by 4 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the November election. This means that the school board candidate filing deadline is in late July every even-numbered year.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303


Newly elected school board members in Michigan officially take office on January 1 of the year following the election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Section 168.302

 


About the district

School board

The Lansing School District consists of nine members serving six-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Caitlin Cavanagh
LaVonté Heard
Deyanira Nevarez Martinez
Dan Nowiski
Cirea Strode
Rosalyn Williams
Robin Moore2020
Nino Rodriguez2010
Guillermo Z. López2000

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Overlapping state house districts

Lansing School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Michigan House of Representatives District 77Emily DievendorfDemocratic Party 56% 14%
Michigan House of Representatives District 74Kara HopeDemocratic Party 37% 39%
Michigan House of Representatives District 75Penelope TsernoglouDemocratic Party 3% < 1%
Michigan House of Representatives District 76Angela WitwerDemocratic Party 3% < 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $41,361,000 $4,141 21%
Local: $69,331,000 $6,941 36%
State: $83,343,000 $8,343 43%
Total: $194,035,000 $19,425
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $197,206,000 $19,742
Total Current Expenditures: $158,643,000 $15,881
Instructional Expenditures: $79,705,000 $7,979 40%
Student and Staff Support: $31,693,000 $3,172 16%
Administration: $18,484,000 $1,850 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $28,761,000 $2,879 15%
Total Capital Outlay: $26,724,000 $2,675
Construction: $23,084,000 $2,310
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $3,091,000 $309
Interest on Debt: $5,102,000 $510

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 10-14 <=20 11-19 <=20 PS <50 20-29
2018-2019 14 15-19 8 13 <=20 16 24
2017-2018 13 17 8 13 <=20 17 21
2016-2017 15 17 8 15 11-19 15 24
2015-2016 16 20 11 14 <=10 18 23
2014-2015 15 14 10 14 <=10 16 24
2013-2014 19 22 13 18 15-19 21 29
2012-2013 19 16 13 16 20-24 20-24 28
2011-2012 17 16 11 15 15-19 15-19 25
2010-2011 68 62 61 71 70-74 >=50 77

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 35-39 21-39 30-39 21-39 PS <50 50-59
2018-2019 23 25-29 15 22 21-39 28 36
2017-2018 20 21 13 20 <=20 24 30
2016-2017 24 25 16 23 20-29 27 36
2015-2016 24 27 17 25 20-29 25 35
2014-2015 25 24 17 24 20-29 26 36
2013-2014 47 34 41 49 50-54 53 57
2012-2013 45 30 38 44 45-49 55-59 59
2011-2012 45 33 38 44 50-54 45-49 57
2010-2011 68 60 63 70 65-69 60-79 78

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 69 80-89 67 70-74 >=50 60-69 65-69
2018-2019 64 >=90 65 65-69 >=50 50-59 55-59
2017-2018 64 85-89 66 60-64 <50 60-69 55-59
2016-2017 62 75-79 58 65-69 PS 50-59 60-64
2015-2016 54 75-79 52 55-59 <50 40-59 50-54
2014-2015 62 75-79 58 60-64 >=50 70-79 60-64
2013-2014 56 75-79 54 50-54 >=50 60-79 50-54
2012-2013 56 60-64 55 55-59 <50 60-79 55-59
2011-2012 52 70-79 50 40-44 >=50 >=80 50-54
2010-2011 51 65-69 47 50-54 <50 PS 53

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 10,023 -1.1
2021-2022 10,136 1.5
2020-2021 9,989 -6.3
2019-2020 10,619 0.0
2018-2019 10,619 -1.5
2017-2018 10,773 -2.1
2016-2017 10,999 -1.1
2015-2016 11,120 -4.1
2014-2015 11,578 -4.1
2013-2014 12,047 -1.7
2012-2013 12,249 -5.8
2011-2012 12,957 -0.8
2010-2011 13,055 -9.6
2009-2010 14,306 -4.4
2008-2009 14,940 -4.0
2007-2008 15,545 1.5
2006-2007 15,317 -4.4
2005-2006 15,990 -5.2
2004-2005 16,819 -1.0
2003-2004 16,979 -3.8
2002-2003 17,616 1.4
2001-2002 17,372 -1.4
2000-2001 17,610 -0.8
1999-2000 17,754 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Lansing School District (%) Michigan K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.4 0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 5.6 3.6
Black 37.9 18.1
Hispanic 20.7 8.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 12.8 5.1
White 22.5 63.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Lansing School District had 587.89 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.05.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 40.50
Kindergarten: 39.00
Elementary: 241.41
Secondary: 187.37
Total: 587.89

Lansing School District employed 24.45 district administrators and 40.93 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 24.45
District Administrative Support: 0.00
School Administrators: 40.93
School Administrative Support: 107.70
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 122.29
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.68
Total Guidance Counselors: 7.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 12.46
Library/Media Support: 2.85
Student Support Services: 145.78
Other Support Services: 437.46

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Lansing School District operates 29 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Attwood School1934-7
Beekman Center105PK-12
Capital Area K12 Online392KG-12
Cavanaugh School315PK-3
Cumberland School249PK-4
Dwight Rich School Of The Arts552KG-8
Eastern High School1,0497-12
Everett High School1,2327-12
Forest View School225PK-3
Forrest G Averill School188PK-3
Gardner International School844KG-8
Gier Park School272PK-3
Hill Center09-12
Ingham County Youth Center173-12
Jw Sexton High School9767-12
Kendon School159PK-3
Lansing Learning Hub587-12
Lansing Technical High School0
Lewton School215PK-7
Lyons School190PK-3
Mt Hope School3294-7
North School2034-7
Pattengill School600PK-7
Post Oak School315PK-8
Reo School203PK-4
Riddle Elementary144PK-3
Sheridan Road3424-7
Wexford Montessori Magnet School327PK-8
Willow School202PK-5

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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