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

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Lake County, Indiana, drawn from 70 qualifying public elementary schools. Banneker Elementary at Marquette leads the list at 93.5%, against a median of 18.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Indiana

Top % Black

93.5%

Median % Black

18.6%

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	Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	450	90.2%(406)
3	Frankie Woods McCullough Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	472	89.4%(422)
4	Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	231	87.5%(202)
5	Beveridge Elementary School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	374	86.1%(322)
6	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	Merrillville, IN	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	259	85.3%(221)
7	Charter School of the Dunes	Gary, IN	Charter School of the Dunes	836	84.7%(708)
8	Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	566	83.0%(470)
9	Aspire Charter Academy	Gary, IN	Aspire Charter Academy	684	81.3%(556)
10	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	282	75.9%(214)
11	Edgar L Miller Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	330	73.9%(244)
12	Henry P Fieler Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	466	66.1%(308)
13	Homer Iddings Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	535	63.4%(339)
14	Kenwood Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	267	57.7%
15	Jonas E Salk Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	565	57.5%(325)
16	Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	622	57.4%(357)
17	George Washington Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	433	55.2%(239)
18	East Chicago Lighthouse	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Lighthouse Charter	495	55.0%(272)
19	Frank O'Bannon Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	557	51.2%(285)
20	John Wood Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	227	44.9%(102)
21	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	570	44.0%(251)
22	Lew Wallace Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	450	44.0%
23	Joseph Hess Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	611	40.8%(249)
24	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	705	39.3%(277)
25	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	424	37.5%(159)
26	William McKinley Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	509	37.3%(190)
27	Morton Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	525	36.2%
28	Carrie Gosch PK Center	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	113	33.6%(38)
29	Longfellow New Tech Elementary Sch	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	483	31.9%(154)
30	Warren G Harding Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	755	31.1%(235)
31	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	565	31.0%(175)
32	Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	400	27.8%(111)
33	Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	477	23.3%(111)
34	Allen J Warren Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	308	19.5%(60)
35	Washington Irving Elementary Sch	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	754	19.4%(146)
36	Beiriger Elementary School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	426	17.8%(76)
37	James B Eads Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	554	14.8%(82)
38	Peifer Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	420	14.3%(60)
39	Liberty Elementary School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	398	13.1%(52)
40	Henry S Evans Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	400	12.8%(51)
41	James H Watson Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	660	12.4%(82)
42	Virgil I Bailey Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	235	11.1%(26)
43	John I Meister Elementary School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	373	10.7%(40)
44	Veterans Elementary School at Mundell	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	594	10.3%(61)
45	Homan Elementary School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	472	9.8%(46)
46	Mildred Merkley Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	290	9.0%(26)
47	Protsman Elementary School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	614	8.8%(54)
48	Southridge Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	439	8.2%(36)
49	Judith Morton Johnston Elementary	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	383	8.1%(31)
50	Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	200	8.0%(16)

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