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Alumni: what's one memory from Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO·NCES 180288000364
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch
4411 Magoun, East Chicago, IN 46312 · (219) 391-4192 · Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
296 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 50%
Community
4
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 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within School City of East Chicago. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
15.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
23.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch this school | 400 | 74.0% | 17.7% |
| Harrison Elementary School South Bend | 555 | 73.3% | 12.5% |
| Christel House Academy West Indianapolis | 485 | 65.4% | 14.6% |
| Monger Elementary School Elkhart | 394 | 67.0% | 38.6% |
| William McKinley Elementary School East Chicago | 509 | 70.3% | 13.3% |
| Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School Indianapolis | 268 | 66.8% | 17.6% |
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 Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #873 of 983 | #42 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #835 of 986 | #38 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #896 of 986 | #44 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #601 of 1,079 | #48 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #238 of 991 | #9 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #505 of 996 | #49 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #100 of 1,058 | #9 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #120 of 597 | #11 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
400
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 400 | 29.3 | 13.6:1 | 74% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 28.7 | 12.8:1 | 72% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 33.6 | 11.8:1 | 82% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 83% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 85% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 78% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 87% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 76% (485) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch.
About Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is a medium-sized elementary school in East Chicago, Indiana. The school serves 400 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
School City of East Chicago enrolls 3,225 students, and its 7 schools include Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch.
Roughly 70% of students at Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 21%. Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.6:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Lake County.
allk12 grades Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is 5.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 17.7% actual, 23.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
In the county around the school, Lake County, the median household income is $71,493, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 121 public schools in Lake County, enrolling about 74,661 students in all.
The school nearest to Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is Carrie Gosch PK Center, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 401 students in 2020-21 and 400 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.4:1 to 13.6:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 School City of East Chicago
- East Chicago Central High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- William McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Joseph Block Middle SchoolMiddle · 436 students
- George Washington Elementary SchElementary · 433 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
- Carrie Gosch PK CenterElementary · 113 students
Other schools in East Chicago
- East Chicago Central High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- William McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- East Chicago LighthouseElementary · 495 students
- Joseph Block Middle SchoolMiddle · 436 students
- George Washington Elementary SchElementary · 433 students
- East Chicago Urban Enterprise AcademyElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Carrie Gosch PK Center0.5 mi · 113
- East Chicago Central High School0.5 mi · 1,052
- William McKinley Elementary School0.5 mi · 509
- Washington Irving Elementary Sch1.3 mi · 754
- East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy1.5 mi · 424
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School1.7 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Harrison Elementary SchHow many students attend Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch?
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch serve?
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is approximately 13.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch?
At Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch, the student body is approximately 1% White, 70% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch public or private?
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by School City of East Chicago.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.