Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STATION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180291000376
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch
2900 Lake St, Lake Station, IN 46405 · (219) 962-1824 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
153 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch→Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS
Based on grade levels within Lake Station Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
17.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch this school | 200 | 76.5% | 19.9% |
| Virgil I Bailey Elementary School Lake Station | 235 | 86.4% | 21.7% |
| John I Meister Elementary School Hobart | 373 | 72.9% | 14.9% |
| Christian Park School 82 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 251 | 68.1% | 12.6% |
| Chamberlain Elementary School Goshen | 342 | 80.1% | 44.2% |
| Washington Elementary School Fort Wayne | 206 | 74.8% | 28.4% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #844 of 983 | #40 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #842 of 986 | #39 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #866 of 986 | #40 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #995 of 1,079 | #69 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #301 of 991 | #11 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #247 of 996 | #20 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #68 of 1,058 | #7 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #173 of 597 | #14 of 39 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
-36 (-15%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 200 | 14.3 | 14.0:1 | 77% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 18.3 | 12.4:1 | 78% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 17.3 | 13.8:1 | 87% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 16 | 14.8:1 | 85% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 250 | 14 | 17.9:1 | 86% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 14 | 18.3:1 | 75% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 12 | 20.0:1 | 85% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | 58% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 16 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch.
About Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch
This page covers Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch, a low-enrollment elementary school in Lake Station, Indiana. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 200 students. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 54% below that mark.
Lake Station Community Schools enrolls 1,030 students in 3 schools, including Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch.
The biggest share of students at Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch, 50%, is Hispanic. Next come 35% White, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Lake County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch has 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 77% at Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch. Public schools in Lake County average 47%.
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.4% for Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch. The school posts 19.9%, 1.5 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lake County show that median household income comes to about $71,493, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Lake County counts 121 public schools with about 74,661 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch from the closest public school, John I Meister Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 15% across 4 years, from 236 in 2020-21 to 200 in 2024-25.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Station Community Schools
- Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HSHigh · 595 students
- Virgil I Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
Other schools in Lake Station
- Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HSHigh · 595 students
- Henry S Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Virgil I Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
Nearby schools
- John I Meister Elementary School0.7 mi · 373
- River Forest High School0.8 mi · 565
- River Forest Middle School0.9 mi · 369
- Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS1.4 mi · 595
- Early Learning Center-George Earle1.6 mi · 264
- Henry S Evans Elementary School1.9 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchHow many students attend Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch?
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 200 students in grades KG-05.
Is Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch have?
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch?
At Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch, the student body is approximately 35% White, 50% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch in?
Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch is part of Lake Station Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.