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The public schools with the most Black students in Lake County, Indiana

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Black students in Lake County, Indiana, drawn from 110 qualifying public schools. Merrillville High School leads the list at 1,476, against a median of 86 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

110

Lake County, Indiana

Top Black students

1,476

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Merrillville High School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	2,115	69.8%	1,476
2	West Side Leadership Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	1,232	89.5%	1,102
3	Charter School of the Dunes	Gary, IN	Charter School of the Dunes	836	84.7%	708
4	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,446	46.3%	669
5	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,814	36.8%	668
6	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	878	66.2%	581
7	Aspire Charter Academy	Gary, IN	Aspire Charter Academy	684	81.3%	556
8	Merrillville Intermediate School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	788	62.7%	494
9	Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	566	83.0%	470
10	East Chicago Central High School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	1,052	42.4%	446
11	Frankie Woods McCullough Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	472	89.4%	422
12	Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	450	90.2%	406
13	Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	622	57.4%	357
14	Homer Iddings Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	535	63.4%	339
15	Gary Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	365	91.5%	334
16	Jonas E Salk Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	565	57.5%	325
17	Beveridge Elementary School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	374	86.1%	322
18	Calumet New Tech High School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	620	49.8%	309
19	Henry P Fieler Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	466	66.1%	308
20	Bailly Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	355	82.3%	292
21	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	663	43.9%	291
22	Frank O'Bannon Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	557	51.2%	285
23	Thomas A Edison Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	705	39.3%	277
24	Banneker Elementary at Marquette	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	293	93.5%	274
25	East Chicago Lighthouse	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Lighthouse Charter	495	55.0%	272
26	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	693	39.3%	272
27	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	570	44.0%	251
28	Joseph Hess Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	611	40.8%	249
29	Edgar L Miller Elementary School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	330	73.9%	244
30	Lake Central High School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	2,926	8.3%	243
31	George Washington Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	433	55.2%	239
32	Griffth Jr/Sr High School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	1,112	21.2%	236
33	Warren G Harding Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	755	31.1%	235
34	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	Merrillville, IN	Higher Institute of Arts & Tech	259	85.3%	221
35	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	282	75.9%	214
36	Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	231	87.5%	202
37	William McKinley Elementary School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	509	37.3%	190
38	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	436	41.5%	181
39	Gary Middle College	Gary, IN	Gary Middle College	202	86.6%	175
40	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	565	31.0%	175
41	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	447	39.1%	175
42	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	East Chicago, IN	East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy	424	37.5%	159
43	Longfellow New Tech Elementary Sch	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	483	31.9%	154
44	Munster High School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	1,474	10.3%	152
45	Washington Irving Elementary Sch	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	754	19.4%	146
46	Crown Point High School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	3,038	4.7%	142
47	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	565	24.1%	136
48	Hobart High School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	1,320	9.1%	120
49	Highland High School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	971	11.9%	116
50	Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	400	27.8%	111

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