Frankie Woods McCullough Academy

Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Gary, Indiana, run under Gary Community School Corp, with 472 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in Gary Community School Corp (4,383 students total), Frankie Woods McCullough Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy records that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.9%; Frankie Woods McCullough Academy posts 7.1%, -27.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Aspire Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frankie Woods McCullough Academy at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 13.2%.

Frankie Woods McCullough Academy operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 3% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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