Hanover Central Middle School

Hanover Central Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Cedar Lake, Indiana, overseen by Hanover Community School Corp. The school serves 647 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Hanover Community School Corp, which oversees 5 schools and 2,831 students, Hanover Central Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Hanover Central Middle School lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hanover Central Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lake County) records 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%. Hanover Central Middle School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

The closest other public school is Red Cedars Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hanover Central Middle School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hanover Central Middle School has increased 23%, going from 525 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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