Total enrollment
8,985
-343 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
10 schools in Lake Central School Corporation
Indiana · 8,985 students · 3 cities
Across the district, Lake Central School Corporation runs 10 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 8,985 Indiana students (about 899 per school).
4-year change in Lake Central School Corporation
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
10
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Lake Central School Corporation ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Indiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #26 of 147 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,985 | #31 of 286 | #1,034 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 10 | #44 of 286 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #259 of 285 | #7,375 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 25.4% | #270 of 286 | #7,028 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #39 of 235 | #2,169 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Lake Central School Corporation
State test results across the district's 9 scored schools run from Protsman Elementary School at 63.3% proficient to Peifer Elementary School at 49.5%, a gap of 13.9 points. That is the 100th widest gap among 117 Indiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Central High School | Saint John | High | 09-12 | 2,926 |
| Hal E Clark Middle School | Saint John | Middle | 05-08 | 1,032 |
| Kahler Middle School | Dyer | Middle | 05-08 | 971 |
| Michael Grimmer Middle School | Schererville | Middle | 05-08 | 814 |
| James H Watson Elementary School | Schererville | Elementary | PK-04 | 660 |
| Protsman Elementary School | Dyer | Elementary | PK-04 | 614 |
| George Bibich Elementary School | Dyer | Elementary | PK-04 | 547 |
| Kolling Elementary School | Saint John | Elementary | PK-04 | 529 |
| Homan Elementary School | Schererville | Elementary | PK-04 | 472 |
| Peifer Elementary School | Schererville | Elementary | PK-04 | 420 |
About Lake Central School Corporation
Lake Central School Corporation maintains 10 public schools across Indiana, collectively enrolling roughly 8,985 students.
For a sense of the school types, Lake Central School Corporation covers 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school.
Per-school enrollment averages around 899 in this district, above the Indiana typical of 549.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment decreased 4%: 9,328 students in SY 2020-21 versus 8,985 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Lake Central School Corporation discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.