Charles N Scott Middle School

Charles N Scott Middle School is a junior high of mid-sized scale in Hammond, Indiana, operated by School City of Hammond, instructing 663 students in grades 7 through 8.

Across the 15 schools in School City of Hammond (10,997 students total), Charles N Scott Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Charles N Scott Middle School logs that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 13% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, Charles N Scott Middle School logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Charles N Scott Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Charles N Scott Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Charles N Scott Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.2%; Charles N Scott Middle School posts 10.9%, -26.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Charles N Scott Middle School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Nearest neighbor: Morton Senior High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles N Scott Middle School. On composite proficiency, Charles N Scott Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 858 students in 2018 compared to 663 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 34% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Charles N Scott Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.