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The highest-poverty public schools in Lake County, Indiana · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in Lake County, Indiana. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Warren G Harding Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	755	54.4%
52	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	663	54.1%
53	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	705	54.0%
54	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	878	53.2%
55	Hobart Middle School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Middle	905	52.6%
56	Jonas E Salk Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	565	52.4%
57	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	High	1,814	52.3%
58	Joan Martin Elementary School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Elementary	497	51.5%
59	Hobart High School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	High	1,320	51.3%
60	Joseph Hess Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	611	50.2%
61	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	570	49.5%
62	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	High	1,446	49.0%
63	Allen J Warren Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	308	48.7%
64	Kenwood Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	267	47.9%
65	Mildred Merkley Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	290	47.9%
66	Merrillville High School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	High	2,115	47.3%
67	Judith Morton Johnston Elementary	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	383	46.2%
68	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Middle	774	46.1%
69	Homer Iddings Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	535	44.3%
70	Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Elementary	231	43.7%
71	Southridge Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	439	42.4%
72	Early Learning Center-George Earle	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Elementary	264	41.7%
73	Homan Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	472	37.7%
74	Highland High School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	High	971	37.6%
75	Peifer Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	420	36.7%
76	Timothy Ball Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	638	33.7%
77	Protsman Elementary School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	614	31.3%
78	Michael Grimmer Middle School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	814	30.7%
79	Douglas MacArthur Elem School	Cedar Lake, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	466	30.7%
80	Oak Hill Elementary School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Elementary	487	30.6%
81	James B Eads Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Elementary	554	30.3%
82	Lowell Middle School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	498	30.3%
83	Three Creeks Elem School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Elementary	472	29.4%
84	Lowell Intermediate School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	486	29.4%
85	Kahler Middle School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	971	28.4%
86	Colonel John Wheeler Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,061	27.0%
87	Jane Ball Elementary School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	Elementary	356	27.0%
88	Lake Prairie Elementary School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Elementary	356	27.0%
89	Lowell Senior High School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	High	981	26.8%
90	Gary Middle College	Gary, IN	Gary Middle College	High	202	26.2%
91	Wilbur Wright Middle School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Middle	990	26.1%
92	Munster High School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	High	1,474	25.0%
93	Ernest R Elliott Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Elementary	463	24.8%
94	Solon Robinson Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	516	23.8%
95	James H Watson Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	660	23.8%
96	Crown Point High School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	High	3,038	23.3%
97	Robert Taft Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,067	22.4%
98	Lake Central High School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	High	2,926	22.3%
99	Hal E Clark Middle School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	1,032	22.1%
100	George Bibich Elementary School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	547	21.8%

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