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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Lake County, Indiana

This ranking covers the public schools with the highest share of Black students in Lake County, Indiana, drawn from 112 qualifying public schools. Banneker Elementary at Marquette leads the list at 93.5%, against a median of 17.6% 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

112

Lake County, Indiana

Top % Black

93.5%

Median % Black

17.6%

MOST BLACK · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Banneker Elementary at Marquette	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	293	93.5%(274)
2	Gary Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	365	91.5%(334)
3	Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	450	90.2%(406)
4	West Side Leadership Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	1,232	89.5%(1,102)
5	Frankie Woods McCullough Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	472	89.4%(422)
6	Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	231	87.5%(202)
7	Gary Middle College	Gary, IN	Gary Middle College	202	86.6%(175)
8	Beveridge Elementary School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	374	86.1%(322)
9	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	Merrillville, IN	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	259	85.3%(221)
10	Charter School of the Dunes	Gary, IN	Charter School of the Dunes	836	84.7%(708)
11	Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	566	83.0%(470)
12	Bailly Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	355	82.3%(292)
13	Aspire Charter Academy	Gary, IN	Aspire Charter Academy	684	81.3%(556)
14	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	282	75.9%(214)
15	Edgar L Miller Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	330	73.9%(244)
16	Merrillville High School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	2,115	69.8%(1,476)
17	Excel Center - Gary	Gary, IN	Excel Center - Gary	125	67.2%(84)
18	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	878	66.2%(581)
19	Henry P Fieler Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	466	66.1%(308)
20	Homer Iddings Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	535	63.4%(339)
21	Merrillville Intermediate School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	788	62.7%(494)
22	Kenwood Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	267	57.7%
23	Jonas E Salk Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	565	57.5%(325)
24	Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	622	57.4%(357)
25	George Washington Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	433	55.2%(239)
26	East Chicago Lighthouse	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Lighthouse Charter	495	55.0%(272)
27	Frank O'Bannon Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	557	51.2%(285)
28	Calumet New Tech High School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	620	49.8%(309)
29	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,446	46.3%(669)
30	John Wood Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	227	44.9%(102)
31	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	570	44.0%(251)
32	Lew Wallace Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	450	44.0%
33	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	663	43.9%(291)
34	East Chicago Central High School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	1,052	42.4%(446)
35	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	436	41.5%(181)
36	Joseph Hess Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	611	40.8%(249)
37	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	705	39.3%(277)
38	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	693	39.3%(272)
39	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	447	39.1%(175)
40	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	424	37.5%(159)
41	William McKinley Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	509	37.3%(190)
42	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,814	36.8%(668)
43	Morton Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	525	36.2%
44	Excel Center - Hammond	Hammond, IN	Excel Center - Hammond	205	34.1%(70)
45	Carrie Gosch PK Center	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	113	33.6%(38)
46	Longfellow New Tech Elementary Sch	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	483	31.9%(154)
47	Warren G Harding Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	755	31.1%(235)
48	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	565	31.0%(175)
49	Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	400	27.8%(111)
50	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	565	24.1%(136)

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