Excel Center - Gary

Excel Center - Gary is a very small high school located in Gary, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 125 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Indiana enroll around 816, and this school is 85% below that mark.

Excel Center - Gary operates as its own local education agency.

At Excel Center - Gary, 67% of students are Black. It is also 16% Hispanic, 10% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lake County is roughly 23% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Excel Center - Gary scores 51%.

Based on 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Excel Center - Gary has a ratio of 15.6:1. The average for high schools in Indiana, 16.6:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 3% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.

In Lake County, home to about 500,379 people, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Excel Center - Gary shares Lake County with 120 other public schools.

Excel Center - Gary's closest public school neighbor is Calumet New Tech High School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large. Excel Center - Gary holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 125, up from 121 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.0 to 15.6 over 4 years.

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