Lake Hills Elementary School

Lake Hills Elementary School is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Michigan City, Indiana, overseen by Michigan City Area Schools, educateing 345 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Lake Hills Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Michigan City Area Schools, a district that hosts 5,030 students overall.

Demographically, Lake Hills Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 21% White, 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, LaPorte County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, LaPorte County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lake Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.5%.

In the broader community, census data for LaPorte County shows median household earnings sit near $71,055, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Lake Hills Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in LaPorte County (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students).

A K Smith Area Career Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Hills Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lake Hills Elementary School's enrollment has declined 30% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 345). The Black share of enrollment edged up from 49% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the Lake Hills Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.