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

This ranking covers the public high schools with the most Black students in Lake County, Indiana, drawn from 21 qualifying public high schools. Merrillville High School leads the list at 1,476, against a median of 142 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Indiana

Top Black students

1,476

Median Black students

142

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	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,446	46.3%	669
4	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	1,814	36.8%	668
5	East Chicago Central High School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	1,052	42.4%	446
6	Calumet New Tech High School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	620	49.8%	309
7	Lake Central High School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	2,926	8.3%	243
8	Griffth Jr/Sr High School	Griffith, IN	Griffith Public Schools	1,112	21.2%	236
9	Gary Middle College	Gary, IN	Gary Middle College	202	86.6%	175
10	Munster High School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	1,474	10.3%	152
11	Crown Point High School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	3,038	4.7%	142
12	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	565	24.1%	136
13	Hobart High School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	1,320	9.1%	120
14	Highland High School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	971	11.9%	116
15	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	Hammond, IN	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	578	19.0%	110
16	Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	595	16.8%	100
17	Excel Center - Gary	Gary, IN	Excel Center - Gary	125	67.2%	84
18	Excel Center - Hammond	Hammond, IN	Excel Center - Hammond	205	34.1%	70
19	Hanover Central High School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	857	6.2%	53
20	Whiting High School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	445	6.3%	28
21	Lowell Senior High School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	981	1.4%	14

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