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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Lake County, Indiana

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Lake County, Indiana, drawn from 21 qualifying public middle schools. Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School leads the list at 97.5%, against a median of 52.6% 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 % FRL

97.5%

Median % FRL

52.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	Middle	447	97.5%
2	River Forest Middle School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	Middle	369	74.0%
3	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Middle	436	70.6%
4	Whiting Middle School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	Middle	250	65.6%
5	Gary Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Middle	365	62.5%
6	Bailly Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Middle	355	60.0%
7	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	693	58.4%
8	Merrillville Intermediate School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	788	54.4%
9	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	663	54.1%
10	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	878	53.2%
11	Hobart Middle School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Middle	905	52.6%
12	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Middle	774	46.1%
13	Michael Grimmer Middle School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	814	30.7%
14	Lowell Middle School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	498	30.3%
15	Lowell Intermediate School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	486	29.4%
16	Kahler Middle School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	971	28.4%
17	Colonel John Wheeler Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,061	27.0%
18	Wilbur Wright Middle School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Middle	990	26.1%
19	Robert Taft Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,067	22.4%
20	Hal E Clark Middle School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	1,032	22.1%
21	Hanover Central Middle School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	Middle	647	20.2%

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