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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF HAMMOND·NCES 180432002106
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School
1317 173rd St, Hammond, IN 46324 · (219) 989-7360 · Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
314 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 13% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Frank O'Bannon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #912 of 983 | #46 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #951 of 986 | #53 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #880 of 986 | #42 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #250 of 1,079 | #21 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #578 of 991 | #23 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #257 of 996 | #22 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #451 of 1,058 | #32 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #520 of 597 | #31 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
+68 (+14%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 557 | 35.8 | 15.6:1 | 56% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 35.6 | 14.2:1 | 59% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 37.7 | 14.4:1 | 78% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 24 | 20.4:1 | 87% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 30.3 | 19.0:1 | 80% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 24 | 24.2:1 | 87% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 89% (572) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank O'Bannon Elementary School.
About Frank O'Bannon Elementary School
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Hammond, Indiana. Enrollment totals 557 students across pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 28% above the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School sits within School City of Hammond, which has 15 schools and 10,997 students.
More than half of the students at Frank O'Bannon Elementary School are Black (51%). Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. In Lake County overall, about 23% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School reported 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. The 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is close to this figure. There are 314 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Lake County is 9 points.
In Indiana, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.6% compared with a predicted 35.6%.
For Lake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,493 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 121 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,661, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School among them.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the nearest public school to Frank O'Bannon Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Frank O'Bannon Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Frank O'Bannon Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 557 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 489. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.4:1 to 15.6:1.
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 School City of Hammond
- Hammond Central High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Morton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,446 students
- Warren G Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Washington Irving Elementary SchElementary · 754 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Henry W Eggers Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
Other schools in Hammond
- Hammond Central High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Morton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,446 students
- Warren G Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Washington Irving Elementary SchElementary · 754 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Henry W Eggers Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School0.6 mi · 570
- Thomas A Edison Elementary School0.7 mi · 705
- Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School1.1 mi · 622
- James B Eads Elementary School1.3 mi · 554
- Lew Wallace Elementary School1.4 mi · 450
- Kenwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Frank O'Bannon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Frank O'Bannon Elementary School?
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Frank O'Bannon Elementary School serve?
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Frank O'Bannon Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Frank O'Bannon Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frank O'Bannon Elementary School?
At Frank O'Bannon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 33% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Frank O'Bannon Elementary School public or private?
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by School City of Hammond.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.