Elementary · Michigan

Dwight Rich School of the Arts

Free meals for all

Dwight Rich School of the Arts, a public elementary school in Lansing, Michigan: grades k–8, 562 students, 17.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lansing Public School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
562
Teachers (FTE)
31.4
Students per teacher
17.9
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Larger than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

17%proficient

+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

383 students tested, grades 3–8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

4.6%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 100% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

415 students tested, grades 3–8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lansing Public School District.

Location

Address
2600 Hampden Dr, Lansing, MI 48911
Phone
(517)755-1160
City or town
Lansing

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Cole AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–515525.814%15%
Lewton SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–827214.618%14%
Holly Park AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–847817.033%25%
Forrest G Averill SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–423212.218%13%
Pre-K–835617.630%11%
Cavanaugh SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–324514.242%48%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 262115008263