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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180387002102
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn
5002 Madison St, Gary, IN 46408 · (219) 318-2800 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 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
15.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
328 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 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
30%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
7.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
9.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 7 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
7.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.4pp
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 Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn's state test result (7.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn this school | 566 | 58.0% | 7.2% |
| Frankie Woods McCullough Academy Gary | 472 | 57.4% | 7.1% |
| New Augusta Public Academy - South Indianapolis | 437 | 53.1% | 23.0% |
| Henry P Fieler Elementary School Merrillville | 466 | 62.4% | 40.0% |
| Grassy Creek Elementary School Indianapolis | 516 | 58.9% | 20.1% |
| Beveridge Elementary School Gary | 374 | 66.6% | 4.8% |
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 Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #974 of 983 | #59 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #962 of 986 | #56 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #976 of 986 | #59 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #231 of 1,079 | #17 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #539 of 991 | #21 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #658 of 996 | #60 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #406 of 1,058 | #29 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #259 of 353 | #18 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
566
+48 (+9%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 58% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 24 | 22.2:1 | 54% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 86% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 100% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 27.7 | 19.6:1 | 72% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 26 | 24.5:1 | 78% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 92% (551) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn.
About Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn
In Gary, Indiana, part of Lake County, Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 566 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Indiana, which is about 436.
Gary Community School Corp enrolls 4,383 students in 10 schools, including Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn.
At Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn, Black students make up 83% of the student body. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 23% of Lake County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
The school reported 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 15.5:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 58% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 11 points above the 47% average for public schools in Lake County.
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn scores 27.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 7.2% actual versus 34.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Lake County has about 500,379 residents, and median household income is about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Lake County number 121 and enroll about 74,661.
The school nearest to Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is Bailly Middle School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Within five miles of Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn, there are at least 8 other public schools. Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn went from 518 students to 566. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Frankie Woods McCullough AcademyElementary · 472 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
- Bailly Middle School1.1 mi · 355
- Higher Institute of Arts & Tech1.1 mi · 259
- Merrillville Intermediate School1.4 mi · 788
- Henry P Fieler Elementary School1.5 mi · 466
- Edgar L Miller Elementary School2.1 mi · 330
- Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School2.3 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Glen Park Acad for Excel in LrnHow many students attend Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn?
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn enrolls approximately 566 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn serve?
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn?
At Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn, the student body is approximately 1% White, 11% Hispanic, 83% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn public or private?
Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gary Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.