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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Lake County, Indiana

61 public elementary schools in Lake County, Indiana appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Frank H Hammond Elementary School leads the list at 68.0%, against a median of 34.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Indiana

Top % Proficient (Reading)

68.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

34.5%

BEST IN READING · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Frank H Hammond Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Elementary	620	68.0%
2	Ernest R Elliott Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Elementary	463	61.6%
3	Lake Street Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	559	61.6%
4	James B Eads Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Elementary	554	59.9%
5	Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	494	59.5%
6	Jerry Ross Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	650	59.3%
7	Solon Robinson Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	516	59.2%
8	Protsman Elementary School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	614	58.8%
9	Kolling Elementary School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	529	55.4%
10	James H Watson Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	660	55.1%
11	Three Creeks Elem School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Elementary	472	54.5%
12	Homan Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	472	54.3%
13	Winfield Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	658	53.6%
14	Lake Prairie Elementary School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Elementary	356	53.5%
15	Douglas MacArthur Elem School	Cedar Lake, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	466	52.6%
16	George Bibich Elementary School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	547	50.5%
17	Red Cedars Elementary	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	Elementary	666	50.1%
18	Oak Hill Elementary School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Elementary	487	48.2%
19	Timothy Ball Elementary School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Elementary	638	48.2%
20	Peifer Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Elementary	420	47.8%
21	Mildred Merkley Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	290	44.1%
22	Southridge Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	439	42.6%
23	Nathan Hale Elementary School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	Elementary	396	42.3%
24	Jonas E Salk Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	565	42.3%
25	Allen J Warren Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	308	42.1%
26	Joan Martin Elementary School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Elementary	497	38.2%
27	Beiriger Elementary School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	Elementary	426	37.2%
28	Henry P Fieler Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	466	36.9%
29	John Wood Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	227	36.2%
30	Veterans Elementary School at Mundell	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Elementary	594	35.1%
31	Judith Morton Johnston Elementary	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Elementary	383	34.5%
32	Liberty Elementary School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Elementary	398	33.3%
33	Aspire Charter Academy	Gary, IN	Aspire Charter Academy	Elementary	684	30.6%
34	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	Elementary	424	26.9%
35	Edgar L Miller Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	330	26.0%
36	Warren G Harding Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	755	23.8%
37	Henry S Evans Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	Elementary	400	23.0%
38	Virgil I Bailey Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	Elementary	235	22.8%
39	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	705	19.0%
40	Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	Elementary	200	17.9%
41	Homer Iddings Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Elementary	535	17.8%
42	Frank O'Bannon Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	557	16.5%
43	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	570	15.4%
44	Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Elementary	400	15.4%
45	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Elementary	282	14.9%
46	Banneker Elementary at Marquette	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Elementary	293	14.6%
47	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Elementary	565	14.5%
48	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	Merrillville, IN	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	Elementary	259	14.4%
49	William McKinley Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Elementary	509	14.1%
50	East Chicago Lighthouse	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Lighthouse Charter	Elementary	495	13.7%

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