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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Lake County, Indiana

21 public middle schools in Lake County, Indiana appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Joseph Block Middle School leads the list at 10.7:1, against a median of 17.4:1 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

Best Students/teacher

10.7:1

Median Students/teacher

17.4:1

LOWEST RATIO · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Middle	436	10.7:1
2	Bailly Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Middle	355	12.8:1
3	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	878	12.8:1
4	Merrillville Intermediate School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	788	13.0:1
5	Gary Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Middle	365	14.4:1
6	River Forest Middle School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	Middle	369	14.8:1
7	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	693	15.6:1
8	Hanover Central Middle School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	Middle	647	16.2:1
9	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	Middle	447	16.9:1
10	Hal E Clark Middle School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	1,032	17.2:1
11	Whiting Middle School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	Middle	250	17.4:1
12	Kahler Middle School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	971	18.0:1
13	Robert Taft Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,067	18.2:1
14	Hobart Middle School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Middle	905	18.3:1
15	Michael Grimmer Middle School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	814	18.5:1
16	Colonel John Wheeler Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,061	18.5:1
17	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	663	18.7:1
18	Wilbur Wright Middle School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Middle	990	19.2:1
19	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Middle	774	20.9:1
20	Lowell Middle School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	498	22.4:1
21	Lowell Intermediate School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	486	23.4:1

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