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The fastest-growing public schools in Lake County, Indiana

This ranking covers the fastest-growing public schools in Lake County, Indiana, drawn from 40 qualifying public schools. Hammond Central High School leads the list at 123%, against a median of 12.3% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Lake County, Indiana

Top Enrollment growth

123%

Median Enrollment growth

12.3%

FASTEST GROWING · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	814	1,814	123%
2	Veterans Elementary School at Mundell	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	281	594	111%
3	West Side Leadership Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	755	1,232	63.2%
4	Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	390	622	59.5%
5	Charter School of the Dunes	Gary, IN	Charter School of the Dunes	570	836	46.7%
6	Griffth Jr/Sr High School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	782	1,112	42.2%
7	Washington Irving Elementary Sch	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	561	754	34.4%
8	Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	359	477	32.9%
9	Winfield Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	515	658	27.8%
10	Timothy Ball Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	501	638	27.3%
11	Jerry Ross Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	524	650	24.0%
12	Hanover Central Middle School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	525	647	23.2%
13	George Bibich Elementary School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	450	547	21.6%
14	James H Watson Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	546	660	20.9%
15	Hanover Central High School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	714	857	20.0%
16	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	479	570	19.0%
17	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	Merrillville, IN	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	225	259	15.1%
18	Colonel John Wheeler Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	924	1,061	14.8%
19	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	497	565	13.7%
20	Southridge Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	389	439	12.9%
21	Frankie Woods McCullough Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	423	472	11.6%
22	Crown Point High School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	2,784	3,038	9.1%
23	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	649	705	8.6%
24	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	Hammond, IN	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	536	578	7.8%
25	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	722	774	7.2%
26	Ernest R Elliott Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	438	463	5.7%
27	James B Eads Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	526	554	5.3%
28	Wilbur Wright Middle School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	946	990	4.7%
29	Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	542	566	4.4%
30	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,389	1,446	4.1%
31	Frank H Hammond Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	601	620	3.2%
32	Henry S Evans Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	390	400	2.6%
33	Hobart High School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	1,289	1,320	2.4%
34	Henry P Fieler Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	455	466	2.4%
35	John I Meister Elementary School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	367	373	1.6%
36	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	420	424	1.0%
37	Allen J Warren Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	305	308	1.0%
38	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	443	447	0.9%
39	Douglas MacArthur Elem School	Cedar Lake, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	465	466	0.2%
40	Lake Street Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	558	559	0.2%

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