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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180387002104
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch
1320 E 19th Ave, Gary, IN 46407 · (219) 881-3600 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
314 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
11.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
7.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch's state test result (8.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch this school | 450 | 69.8% | 8.3% |
| Beveridge Elementary School Gary | 374 | 66.6% | 4.8% |
| Banneker Elementary at Marquette Gary | 293 | 64.8% | 12.5% |
| Frankie Woods McCullough Academy Gary | 472 | 57.4% | 7.1% |
| Charter School of the Dunes Gary | 836 | 67.5% | 9.6% |
| Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn Gary | 566 | 58.0% | 7.2% |
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 Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #967 of 983 | #58 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #974 of 986 | #60 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #945 of 986 | #56 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #487 of 1,079 | #41 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #654 of 991 | #29 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #798 of 996 | #68 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #163 of 1,058 | #13 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #179 of 597 | #16 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
450
-103 (-19%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 450 | 28.3 | 15.9:1 | 70% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 60% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 86% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 100% (553) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 81% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 37 | 21.2:1 | 91% (715) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 90% (472) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch.
About Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is an elementary school in Gary, Indiana, according to federal school records. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 450 students.
Within Gary Community School Corp, Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is one of 10 schools. The district enrolls 4,383 students.
At Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch, 90% of students are Black. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Lake County is about 23% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch scores 18%.
Classroom staffing at Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch totals 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. It is about the same as the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is about 70%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lake County is 47%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is among the bottom 10% of schools in Indiana. Predicted: 26.2%. Actual: 8.3%.
In the wider Lake County area, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Lake County counts 121 public schools with about 74,661 students.
Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr sits about 0.8 miles from Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased 19% over 4 years, reaching 450 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.1:1 to 15.9:1.
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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 Gary Community School Corp
- West Side Leadership AcademyHigh · 1,232 students
- Glen Park Acad for Excel in LrnElementary · 566 students
- Frankie Woods McCullough AcademyElementary · 472 students
- Beveridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Gary Middle SchoolMiddle · 365 students
- Bailly Middle SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Other schools in Gary
- West Side Leadership AcademyHigh · 1,232 students
- 21st Century Charter Sch of GaryCombined · 1,180 students
- Gary Lighthouse Charter SchoolCombined · 1,138 students
- Charter School of the DunesElementary · 836 students
- Thea Bowman Leadership AcademyCombined · 773 students
- Aspire Charter AcademyElementary · 684 students
Nearby schools
- Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Ctr0.8 mi · 231
- Gary Middle College1.4 mi · 202
- 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary1.5 mi · 1,180
- Gary Virtual Academy2.0 mi · 45
- Beveridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 374
- Henry S Evans Elementary School2.4 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Hale Williams Elem SchHow many students attend Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch?
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-05.
Is Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch have?
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch?
Student demographics at Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch are roughly 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch?
Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch is overseen by Gary Community School Corp in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.