Henry S Evans Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary school in Lake Station, Indiana, Henry S Evans Elementary School caters to 400 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within River Forest Community Sch Corp.

River Forest Community Sch Corp comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,707 students; Henry S Evans Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Henry S Evans Elementary School lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 38% White, 13% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Henry S Evans Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Henry S Evans Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.3%; this one delivers 21.5%.

In the surrounding community, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Henry S Evans Elementary School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Gary Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Henry S Evans Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 18.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Henry S Evans Elementary School has climbed 3%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 51% to 41%.

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