Gary Community School Corp 鈥� Lake County, IN

Key statistics

4,383

Students enrolled

11

Public schools

282

Classroom teachers (FTE)

15.5:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 231
Kindergarten 292
Grade 1 383
Grade 2 349
Grade 3 367
Grade 4 356
Grade 5 421
Grade 6 237
Grade 7 256
Grade 8 239
Grade 9 309
Grade 10 332
Grade 11 316
Grade 12 290
Ungraded 5

By race/ethnicity

Black or African American 88%
Hispanic/Latino 7%
Two or more races 4%
White <1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Asian <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,693 of 4,383 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 60%
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

$21,493 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $9,430
Support services $11,333
Other (food service, etc.) $729

Where the money comes from

Local 32%
State 41%
Federal 27%

Total revenue $114.9 milliontotal spending $95.8 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 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

681

District office

900 Gerry St, Gary IN 46406

Phone

(219) 881-5401

County

Lake County

Official website

NCES District ID

1803870

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About Gary Community School Corp

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The Gary Community School Corporation is committed to the effective engagement of staff, students, parents and community in providing a quality education in a safe and orderly environment. We hold high expectations that all students will be prepared to function successfully as productive, responsible and caring citizens in a diverse, global, technological society. The Corporation will assume the responsibility for student progress at all levels ensuring that the requisite skills, knowledge and dispositions are acquired.

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