Michael Grimmer Middle School

Michael Grimmer Middle School operates as a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Schererville, Indiana, one of the schools within Lake Central School Corporation. Current enrollment sits at 814 students spanning grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Michael Grimmer Middle School sits 37% above that benchmark.

Within Lake Central School Corporation, which oversees 10 schools and 8,985 students, Michael Grimmer Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Michael Grimmer Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 31% 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 below Lake County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Michael Grimmer Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, 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), Michael Grimmer Middle School is one campus in the mix.

James H Watson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Michael Grimmer Middle School. On composite proficiency, Michael Grimmer Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 869 students in 2018 compared to 814 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 67% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.