📍 401 e Gier St, Lansing, Ingham County, 48906
Gier Park School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lansing, Ingham County. The school has 272 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lansing Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 17.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gier Park School enrolls 272 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 17.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 28% White, 26% Black or African American and 25% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 76 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 70 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 21% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 272 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gier Park School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-70, state senate district 23, state house district 68.
Gier Park School is one of 28 schools in Lansing Public School District, based in LANSING, Michigan. The district serves 9,951 students district-wide and employs 587 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 272 students, Gier Park School is smaller than the district average of about 355 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize