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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180387000620
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy
1110 W 21st Ave, Gary, IN 46407 · (219) 944-7301 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
271 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
6.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
8.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
7.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 →
Schools most like Frankie Woods McCullough Academy
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy's state test result (7.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Woods McCullough Academy this school | 472 | 57.4% | 7.1% |
| Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn Gary | 566 | 58.0% | 7.2% |
| Beveridge Elementary School Gary | 374 | 66.6% | 4.8% |
| Edgar L Miller Elementary School Merrillville | 330 | 61.2% | 30.2% |
| Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch Gary | 450 | 69.8% | 8.3% |
| New Augusta Public Academy - South Indianapolis | 437 | 53.1% | 23.0% |
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 Frankie Woods McCullough Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #975 of 983 | #60 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #964 of 986 | #57 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.2% | #979 of 986 | #60 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #440 of 1,079 | #35 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #589 of 991 | #25 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #767 of 996 | #67 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #420 of 1,058 | #30 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #154 of 353 | #14 of 26 |
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
472
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 472 | 30.3 | 15.6:1 | 57% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 56% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 84% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 100% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 78% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 23 | 19.7:1 | 83% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 92% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 84% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 30 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frankie Woods McCullough Academy.
About Frankie Woods McCullough Academy
As a mid-sized elementary school, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy serves students in Gary, Indiana. It had 472 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is a school in Gary Community School Corp. The district has 10 schools and 4,383 students.
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is 89% Black by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Lake County overall, about 23% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
Teacher count: 30.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is similar, at 15.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Lake County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy lands at F, ahead of 0% of Indiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Frankie Woods McCullough Academy posts 7.1% against a 34.9% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Indiana.
In Lake County, home to about 500,379 people, median household income comes to about $71,493, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 121 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,661, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy among them.
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy's closest public school neighbor is Aspire Charter Academy, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 468 in 2020-21 and 472 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.3:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Gary Community School Corp
- West Side Leadership AcademyHigh · 1,232 students
- Glen Park Acad for Excel in LrnElementary · 566 students
- Daniel Hale Williams Elem SchElementary · 450 students
- Beveridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Gary Middle SchoolMiddle · 365 students
- Bailly Middle SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Other schools in Gary
- West Side Leadership AcademyHigh · 1,232 students
- 21st Century Charter Sch of GaryCombined · 1,180 students
- Gary Lighthouse Charter SchoolCombined · 1,138 students
- Charter School of the DunesElementary · 836 students
- Thea Bowman Leadership AcademyCombined · 773 students
- Aspire Charter AcademyElementary · 684 students
Nearby schools
- Aspire Charter Academy0.9 mi · 684
- Gary Lighthouse Charter School1.3 mi · 1,138
- Beveridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 374
- Thea Bowman Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 773
- West Side Leadership Academy1.6 mi · 1,232
- Steel City Academy1.8 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Frankie Woods McCullough AcademyHow large is Frankie Woods McCullough Academy?
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
Is Frankie Woods McCullough Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Frankie Woods McCullough Academy have?
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frankie Woods McCullough Academy?
At Frankie Woods McCullough Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 89% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Frankie Woods McCullough Academy?
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy is overseen by Gary Community School Corp in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.