Merrillville Intermediate School

Merrillville Intermediate School operates as a medium-sized junior high in Merrillville, Indiana, operated by Merrillville Community School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 788 students spanning grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 33% above the state mean of about 594.

Merrillville Community School Corp comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,904 students; Merrillville Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Merrillville Intermediate School shows that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Merrillville Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Merrillville Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Merrillville Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of -7.4 points.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Merrillville Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Higher Institute of Arts & Tech, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Merrillville Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 20.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Merrillville Intermediate School's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 932 (now 788). The White share of enrollment declined from 13% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Merrillville Intermediate School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.