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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF HAMMOND·NCES 180432000738
Henry W Eggers Middle School
5825 Blaine Ave, Hammond, IN 46320 · (219) 933-2449 · Lake County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Indiana public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
405 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 334 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 52% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
14.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
5.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 Henry W Eggers Middle School
Henry W Eggers Middle School's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry W Eggers Middle School this school | 693 | 58.4% | 9.8% |
| Northwest Middle School - an IB World School Indianapolis | 623 | 63.7% | 5.7% |
| Charles N Scott Middle School Hammond | 663 | 54.1% | 10.9% |
| Guion Creek Middle School Indianapolis | 833 | 55.3% | 15.7% |
| Joseph Block Middle School East Chicago | 436 | 70.6% | 11.1% |
| Belzer Middle School Indianapolis | 1,119 | 63.9% | 12.8% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Henry W Eggers Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #316 of 324 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #317 of 325 | #18 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #313 of 325 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #104 of 334 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #184 of 314 | #7 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #85 of 315 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #97 of 330 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #134 of 187 | #8 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
693
-72 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,075
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 693 | 44.5 | 15.6:1 | 58% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 46.8 | 16.7:1 | 65% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 855 | 39.2 | 21.8:1 | 76% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 42 | 18.2:1 | 84% (642) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 47.1 | 15.8:1 | 92% (680) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 93% (654) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 93% (655) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 70% (429) |
| 1990-91 | 1,075 | 54 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry W Eggers Middle School.
About Henry W Eggers Middle School
Henry W Eggers Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Indiana, with an address in Hammond. It educates 693 students in grades 7 through 8.
Henry W Eggers Middle School is among 15 schools run by School City of Hammond, which serves 10,997 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Henry W Eggers Middle School, with 50% of enrollment. Other groups make up 39% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 44.5 full-time equivalents, or about 15.6 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Indiana average 15.6:1. About 58% of students, or 405, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lake County average 47%.
The allk12 Grade for Henry W Eggers Middle School is F. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Henry W Eggers Middle School in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 24.4 points below it (9.8% actual, 34.2% predicted).
Census estimates describe Lake County this way: the median household income is $71,493, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Henry W Eggers Middle School, Lake County has 120 other public schools.
Hammond Central High School is the public school closest to Henry W Eggers Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Henry W Eggers Middle School ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 9.8% against a local average of 23.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 72 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.2:1 to 15.6:1.
Community posts for Henry W Eggers Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 School City of Hammond
- Hammond Central High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Morton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,446 students
- Warren G Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Washington Irving Elementary SchElementary · 754 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Charles N Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
Other schools in Hammond
- Hammond Central High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Morton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,446 students
- Warren G Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Washington Irving Elementary SchElementary · 754 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Charles N Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
Nearby schools
- Hammond Central High School0.4 mi · 1,814
- Lew Wallace Elementary School0.6 mi · 450
- Kenwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 267
- Hammond Academy of Science & Tech0.8 mi · 578
- Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School0.9 mi · 622
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Henry W Eggers Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Henry W Eggers Middle School?
Henry W Eggers Middle School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Henry W Eggers Middle School serve?
Henry W Eggers Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Henry W Eggers Middle School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Henry W Eggers Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Henry W Eggers Middle School?
At Henry W Eggers Middle School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 50% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Henry W Eggers Middle School?
Henry W Eggers Middle School is overseen by School City of Hammond in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.