Carrie Gosch PK Center

Set in East Chicago, Indiana, Carrie Gosch PK Center is a minimally staffed elementary campus, overseen by School City of East Chicago. It teaches 113 students across grade pre-K. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Carrie Gosch PK Center sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

School City of East Chicago runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,225 students. Carrie Gosch PK Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Carrie Gosch PK Center records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school records 34% Black. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Carrie Gosch PK Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Carrie Gosch PK Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Lake County's rate of about 47%.

Across the wider county, Lake County reports that median household income runs about $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lake County runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), of which Carrie Gosch PK Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Chicago Central High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Carrie Gosch PK Center's enrollment has contracted 57% since 2018, when it stood at 265 (now 113). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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