Griffth Jr/Sr High School

Griffth Jr/Sr High School, a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in Griffith, Indiana, run under Griffith Public Schools, serves 1,112 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 36% bigger than typical.

Griffth Jr/Sr High School is one of 3 schools operated by Griffith Public Schools, a district that caters to 2,015 students overall.

On demographics, Griffth Jr/Sr High School shows that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Griffth Jr/Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Griffth Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Beiriger Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Griffth Jr/Sr High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Griffth Jr/Sr High School has climbed 42%, going from 782 students in 2018 to 1,112 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 22% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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