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

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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