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

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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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