Homan Elementary School

Homan Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Schererville, Indiana, one of the schools within Lake Central School Corporation. Current enrollment sits at 472 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Lake Central School Corporation comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 8,985 students; Homan Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Homan Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Homan Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lake County) logs that median household income runs about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Homan Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Peifer Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Homan Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 522 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 64% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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