allk12 · Rankings · Most Hispanic · Indiana · Lake County

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

Across Lake County, Indiana, 112 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Hispanic or Latino, from federal NCES enrollment data. Whiting Middle School leads the list at 84.0%, against a median of 27.3% 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 % Hispanic

84.0%

Median % Hispanic

27.3%

MOST HISPANIC · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Hispanic
1	Whiting Middle School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	250	84.0%(210)
2	Nathan Hale Elementary School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	396	79.5%(315)
3	Whiting High School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	445	74.2%(330)
4	Washington Irving Elementary Sch	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	754	72.8%(549)
5	Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	400	70.3%(281)
6	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	Hammond, IN	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	578	70.1%(405)
7	Carrie Gosch PK Center	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	113	61.1%(69)
8	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	424	59.2%(251)
9	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	565	58.8%(332)
10	William McKinley Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	509	56.4%(287)
11	East Chicago Central High School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	1,052	54.8%(576)
12	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	436	54.6%(238)
13	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,814	53.6%(972)
14	Excel Center - Hammond	Hammond, IN	Excel Center - Hammond	205	52.2%(107)
15	Morton Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	525	51.0%
16	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	693	50.1%(347)
17	Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	200	50.0%(100)
18	Warren G Harding Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	755	49.0%(370)
19	Lew Wallace Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	450	47.1%
20	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	705	46.5%(328)
21	Virgil I Bailey Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	235	45.1%(106)
22	John I Meister Elementary School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	373	45.0%(168)
23	Mildred Merkley Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	290	44.5%(129)
24	Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	595	44.0%(262)
25	Joseph Hess Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	611	43.2%(264)
26	River Forest Middle School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	369	42.5%(157)
27	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	565	42.1%(238)
28	George Washington Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	433	41.6%(180)
29	East Chicago Lighthouse	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Lighthouse Charter	495	41.4%(205)
30	Henry S Evans Elementary School	Lake Station, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	400	40.8%(163)
31	Judith Morton Johnston Elementary	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	383	40.0%(153)
32	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	570	39.6%(226)
33	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,446	39.4%(570)
34	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	663	37.6%(249)
35	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	774	37.2%(288)
36	Beiriger Elementary School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	426	35.9%(153)
37	Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	477	35.2%(168)
38	Allen J Warren Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	308	35.1%(108)
39	Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	622	35.0%(218)
40	James B Eads Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	554	34.5%(191)
41	Southridge Elementary School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	439	34.2%(150)
42	Highland High School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	971	33.8%(328)
43	Frank O'Bannon Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	557	33.4%(186)
44	Joan Martin Elementary School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	497	32.4%(161)
45	Munster High School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	1,474	32.0%(472)
46	Ernest R Elliott Elementary School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	463	31.5%(146)
47	Griffth Jr/Sr High School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	1,112	31.2%(347)
48	Early Learning Center-George Earle	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	264	31.1%(82)
49	Longfellow New Tech Elementary Sch	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	483	30.2%(146)
50	John Wood Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	227	29.1%(66)

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