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

21 public middle schools in Lake County, Indiana appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Gary Middle School leads the list at 91.5%, against a median of 10.6% 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

Lake County, Indiana

Top % Black

91.5%

Median % Black

10.6%

MOST BLACK · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Gary Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	365	334	91.5%
2	Bailly Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	355	292	82.3%
3	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	878	581	66.2%
4	Merrillville Intermediate School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	788	494	62.7%
5	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	663	291	43.9%
6	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	436	181	41.5%
7	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	693	272	39.3%
8	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	447	175	39.1%
9	River Forest Middle School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	369	64	17.3%
10	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	774	84	10.8%
11	Michael Grimmer Middle School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	814	86	10.6%
12	Hobart Middle School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	905	85	9.4%
13	Wilbur Wright Middle School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	990	85	8.6%
14	Kahler Middle School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	971	77	7.9%
15	Hal E Clark Middle School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	1,032	79	7.7%
16	Hanover Central Middle School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	647	36	5.6%
17	Robert Taft Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	1,067	59	5.5%
18	Whiting Middle School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	250	7	2.8%
19	Colonel John Wheeler Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	1,061	28	2.6%
20	Lowell Intermediate School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	486	10	2.1%
21	Lowell Middle School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	498	3	0.6%

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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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