Henry W Eggers Middle School

Henry W Eggers Middle School is one of the average-sized intermediate schools in Hammond, Indiana, one of the schools within School City of Hammond, with 693 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Henry W Eggers Middle School is one of 15 schools operated by School City of Hammond, a district that caters to 10,997 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Henry W Eggers Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lake County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry W Eggers Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.2%; Henry W Eggers Middle School posts 9.8%, -24.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,493, 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), Henry W Eggers Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hammond Central High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Henry W Eggers Middle School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Henry W Eggers Middle School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 742 (now 693). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 49% to 39%.

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