91ÖÆƬ

Charter School of the Dunes

Gary, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

836
Students enrolled
1
Public schools
47
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 45
  • Kindergarten 97
  • Grade 1 82
  • Grade 2 76
  • Grade 3 88
  • Grade 4 100
  • Grade 5 85
  • Grade 6 94
  • Grade 7 86
  • Grade 8 83

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 85%
  • Hispanic/Latino 9%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • White 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 564 of 836 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 67%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,981 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,835
  • Support services $6,420
  • Other (food service, etc.) $726

Where the money comes from

  • Local 1%
  • State 59%
  • Federal 40%

Total revenue $13.7 milliontotal spending $15.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 08

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

96

District office

7300 E Melton Road, Gary IN 46403

County

Lake County

Official website

NCES District ID

1800027

We are a directory, not the district. Messages sent to us do not reach the district — use the contact details above to reach it directly. If something on this page is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.

About Charter School of the Dunes

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission at Charter School of the Dunes is to embrace a diverse student body and inspire success through an innovative curriculum while cultivating environmental stewardship by holding accountable students, family, school, and community.
Advertisement