Frank O'Bannon Elementary School

Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Hammond, Indiana, run under School City of Hammond, caters to 557 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within School City of Hammond, which oversees 15 schools and 10,997 students, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 33% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Lake County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.6%; actual is 13.6%, a gap of -22.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Lake County runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), of which Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

Frank O'Bannon Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frank O'Bannon Elementary School has edged down 3%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 15% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.