Douglas MacArthur Elem School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Cedar Lake, Indiana, Douglas MacArthur Elem School caters to 466 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Crown Point Community School Corp.

Douglas MacArthur Elem School is one of 10 schools operated by Crown Point Community School Corp, a district that instructs 9,147 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Douglas MacArthur Elem School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Douglas MacArthur Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lake County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Douglas MacArthur Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Douglas MacArthur Elem School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Jane Ball Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Douglas MacArthur Elem School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Douglas MacArthur Elem School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 466).

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