Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn

Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is a mid-sized elementary campus in Gary, Indiana, run under Gary Community School Corp. The school educates 566 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Gary Community School Corp runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,383 students. Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn lists that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 58% of students at Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Lake County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.5%; actual is 7.2%, a gap of -27.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lake County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn is one campus in the mix.

Bailly Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 542 (now 566). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 91% to 83%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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