Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch

Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch, a small elementary-level community in Lake Station, Indiana, one of the schools within Lake Station Community Schools, enrolls 200 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch sits 54% below that benchmark.

Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Lake Station Community Schools, a district that enrolls 1,030 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch logs that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Lake County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 19.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lake County) shows that median household income runs about $71,493, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), of which Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch is one.

John I Meister Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 250 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 42% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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