Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERRILLVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180969001580
Edgar L Miller Elementary School
5901 Waite St, Merrillville, IN 46410 · (219) 650-5303 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
202 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (47).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Edgar L Miller Elementary School→Merrillville Intermediate School→Pierce Middle School→Merrillville High School
Based on grade levels within Merrillville Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
28.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Edgar L Miller Elementary School
Edgar L Miller Elementary School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar L Miller Elementary School this school | 330 | 61.2% | 30.2% |
| Coquillard Elementary School South Bend | 305 | 63.6% | 3.3% |
| Paramount Cottage Home Indianapolis | 381 | 68.0% | 49.1% |
| Beveridge Elementary School Gary | 374 | 66.6% | 4.8% |
| Henry P Fieler Elementary School Merrillville | 466 | 62.4% | 40.0% |
| Muessel Elementary School South Bend | 295 | 68.8% | 5.3% |
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 Edgar L Miller Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #715 of 983 | #33 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #773 of 986 | #35 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #763 of 986 | #35 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #771 of 1,079 | #57 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #121 of 991 | #5 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #508 of 996 | #50 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #333 of 1,058 | #23 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #379 of 597 | #26 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
330
+57 (+21%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 330 | 26.5 | 12.5:1 | 61% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 26.8 | 13.0:1 | 76% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 24.5 | 14.3:1 | 81% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 79% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 75% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | 70% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 70% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | 23% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 22 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgar L Miller Elementary School.
About Edgar L Miller Elementary School
Edgar L Miller Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Merrillville Community School Corp in Merrillville, Indiana. The student body numbers 330 students, from pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Indiana) has about 436 students.
Merrillville Community School Corp has 8 schools; together they serve 5,904 students.
Black students account for 74% of enrollment at Edgar L Miller Elementary School. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 23% Black share among all Lake County residents. Edgar L Miller Elementary School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Edgar L Miller Elementary School total 26.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 61%. Across public schools in Lake County, the average is 47%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Edgar L Miller Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Edgar L Miller Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.2% is 2.0 points below the 32.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Lake County, median household income is about $71,493, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 121 public schools in Lake County, with a combined enrollment of about 74,661.
The nearest public school is Merrillville Intermediate School, at about 1.2 miles. Edgar L Miller Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Edgar L Miller Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Edgar L Miller Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Edgar L Miller Elementary School had 273 students in 2020-21 and 330 in 2024-25, a 21% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2020-21 to 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Merrillville Community School Corp
- Merrillville High SchoolHigh · 2,115 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Merrillville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Jonas E Salk Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Homer Iddings Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Henry P Fieler Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
Other schools in Merrillville
- Merrillville High SchoolHigh · 2,115 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Merrillville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Jonas E Salk Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Homer Iddings Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Henry P Fieler Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Merrillville Intermediate School1.2 mi · 788
- Higher Institute of Arts & Tech1.6 mi · 259
- Henry P Fieler Elementary School1.7 mi · 466
- Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn2.1 mi · 566
- Homer Iddings Elementary School2.2 mi · 535
- Jonas E Salk Elementary School2.3 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Edgar L Miller Elementary SchoolHow large is Edgar L Miller Elementary School?
Edgar L Miller Elementary School enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-04.
Is Edgar L Miller Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edgar L Miller Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edgar L Miller Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edgar L Miller Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Edgar L Miller Elementary School?
Student demographics at Edgar L Miller Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 14% Hispanic, 74% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgar L Miller Elementary School?
Edgar L Miller Elementary School is overseen by Merrillville Community School Corp in Lake County.
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