East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy

East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy is a mid-tier elementary campus in East Chicago, Indiana, overseen by East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy. The school educates 424 students in grades K through 8.

East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy is a school of East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 38% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.5%; this one delivers 28.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lake County) records 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. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: George Washington Elementary Sch, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 12.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy has remained close to its prior level, going from 420 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 52% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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