Jane Ball Elementary School

Jane Ball Elementary School is a modestly sized K-5 school in Cedar Lake, Indiana, one of the schools within Hanover Community School Corp. The school instructs 356 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Hanover Community School Corp runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,831 students. Jane Ball Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Jane Ball Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 27% 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 below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $71,493, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Jane Ball Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hanover Central High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Jane Ball Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jane Ball Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 539 (now 356). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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