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Griffith Public Schools

Griffith, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,015
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
144
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 31
  • Kindergarten 152
  • Grade 1 157
  • Grade 2 137
  • Grade 3 141
  • Grade 4 160
  • Grade 5 126
  • Grade 6 149
  • Grade 7 155
  • Grade 8 143
  • Grade 9 160
  • Grade 10 188
  • Grade 11 168
  • Grade 12 141
  • Ungraded 7

By race/ethnicity

  • White 40%
  • Hispanic/Latino 33%
  • Black or African American 21%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,140 of 2,015 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 47%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

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

$15,619 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,564
  • Support services $6,355
  • Other (food service, etc.) $700

Where the money comes from

  • Local 40%
  • State 53%
  • Federal 6%

Total revenue $35.4 milliontotal spending $37.1 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 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

178

District office

602 N Raymond, Griffith IN 46319

County

Lake County

Official website

NCES District ID

1804170

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About Griffith Public Schools

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

The mission of the Griffith Public Schools is to meet the diverse educational needs of each child in our schools and to provide a quality education which prepares all students to become productive members of society.
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