Lansing High School
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Lansing High School is the only public high school
High school
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 in Lansing, New York
Lansing, New York
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. It has a population of roughly 450 students, with slightly over one hundred students in each graduating class.

Due to the district's relatively small size, there is one elementary school
Elementary school
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, one middle school
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, and one high school
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.

Lansing High School is a rural high school, surrounded by farms and the small hamlet of Ludlowville.

Size

Lansing High School's average graduating class is around 100. Recent numbers include:

Class of 2005: 103
Class of 2006: 83
Class of 2007: 105
Class of 2008: 99

Lansing High School has recently decreased in size to less than 400 students, but the overall diversity of the school has increased greatly, especially in the classes of 2011, 2012, etc.

Academics

Lansing High School offers Advanced Placement Courses: (possibly an incomplete list)
Biology,
Calculus AB,
Music Theory I,
French,
Spanish,
English,
Computer Science,
Statistics,
and Art (but no sculpture)

Lansing High School follows the New York State Public School's graduation requirements. It is possible to receive a local diploma, a regents diploma, or a regents diploma with advanced designation.

Music

Lansing High School has a co-ed chorus, a "varsity chorale," a band, an orchestra, and various a cappella groups (student run).

Bobcats

The Lansing School District's colors are blue and gold and the school mascot is the bobcat (otherwise known as the Lansing Bobcats.) Its mascot actor is a student volunteer, often senior mascots choosing to pass the honor to underclassmen friends.
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