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The most racially diverse public high schools in Lake County, Indiana

20 public high schools in Lake County, Indiana appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. River Forest High School leads the list at 68.9%, against a median of 55.3% 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

Lake County, Indiana

Top Diversity index

68.9%

Median Diversity index

55.3%

MOST DIVERSE · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	565	68.9%	26.9%(152)	24.1%(136)	42.1%(238)	1.2%(7)
2	Griffth Jr/Sr High School	Griffith, IN	1,112	68.0%	41.8%(465)	21.2%(236)	31.2%(347)	0.6%(7)
3	Munster High School	Munster, IN	1,474	67.6%	45.0%(663)	10.3%(152)	32.0%(472)	7.9%(117)
4	Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS	Lake Station, IN	595	65.8%	34.3%(204)	16.8%(100)	44.0%(262)	0.2%(1)
5	Calumet New Tech High School	Gary, IN	620	64.9%	21.9%(136)	49.8%(309)	22.9%(142)	0.3%(2)
6	Highland High School	Highland, IN	971	63.0%	49.0%(476)	11.9%(116)	33.8%(328)	2.0%(19)
7	Morton Senior High School	Hammond, IN	1,446	62.1%	8.4%(122)	46.3%(669)	39.4%(570)	0.1%(2)
8	Excel Center - Hammond	Hammond, IN	205	59.6%	12.2%(25)	34.1%(70)	52.2%(107)	0.0%(0)
9	Hammond Central High School	Hammond, IN	1,814	57.3%	5.7%(104)	36.8%(668)	53.6%(972)	0.1%(2)
10	Hobart High School	Hobart, IN	1,320	56.9%	59.1%(780)	9.1%(120)	26.9%(355)	1.2%(16)
11	Lake Central High School	Saint John, IN	2,926	53.7%	64.1%(1,875)	8.3%(243)	20.8%(609)	3.0%(87)
12	East Chicago Central High School	East Chicago, IN	1,052	52.0%	0.7%(7)	42.4%(446)	54.8%(576)	0.2%(2)
13	Merrillville High School	Merrillville, IN	2,115	47.3%	5.9%(125)	69.8%(1,476)	18.3%(386)	0.7%(15)
14	Hanover Central High School	Cedar Lake, IN	857	47.2%	69.9%(599)	6.2%(53)	18.3%(157)	1.4%(12)
15	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	Hammond, IN	578	46.6%	7.8%(45)	19.0%(110)	70.1%(405)	0.7%(4)
16	Crown Point High School	Crown Point, IN	3,038	45.5%	71.6%(2,174)	4.7%(142)	16.9%(513)	3.5%(108)
17	Whiting High School	Whiting, IN	445	41.5%	17.5%(78)	6.3%(28)	74.2%(330)	0.2%(1)
18	Lowell Senior High School	Lowell, IN	981	30.8%	82.1%(805)	1.4%(14)	13.6%(133)	0.6%(6)
19	Gary Middle College	Gary, IN	202	24.2%	2.5%(5)	86.6%(175)	7.9%(16)	0.0%(0)
20	West Side Leadership Academy	Gary, IN	1,232	19.4%	0.6%(7)	89.5%(1,102)	6.3%(78)	0.0%(0)

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