Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch

Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Gary, Indiana, part of Gary Community School Corp, works with 450 students in grades K through 5.

Gary Community School Corp comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,383 students; Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is among them.

Demographically, Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch reports that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Lake County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.2%; Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch posts 8.3%, -17.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 12.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 450). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 96% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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