Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF WHITING·NCES 181320002081
Nathan Hale Elementary School
1831 Oliver St, Whiting, IN 46394 · (219) 659-0738 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
264 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within School City of Whiting. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
41.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nathan Hale Elementary School
Nathan Hale Elementary School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Hale Elementary School this school | 396 | 66.7% | 39.4% |
| Margaret R Brown Elementary School Seymour | 499 | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Monger Elementary School Elkhart | 394 | 67.0% | 38.6% |
| West Goshen Elementary School Goshen | 387 | 63.0% | 36.1% |
| Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 391 | 56.3% | 20.4% |
| Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School Indianapolis | 472 | 58.1% | 14.7% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #531 of 983 | #30 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #569 of 986 | #31 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #390 of 986 | #23 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #618 of 1,079 | #51 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #545 of 991 | #22 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #597 of 996 | #56 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #221 of 1,058 | #16 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #215 of 597 | #19 of 39 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 396 | 25.8 | 15.3:1 | 67% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 26.3 | 15.4:1 | 68% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 25.3 | 15.4:1 | 78% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 63% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 20.4 | 23.4:1 | 67% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 17 | 27.4:1 | 64% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 69% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 53% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nathan Hale Elementary School.
About Nathan Hale Elementary School
Nathan Hale Elementary School is an elementary school in Whiting, Indiana, and it is part of School City of Whiting. Federal data show 396 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district for Nathan Hale Elementary School is School City of Whiting, with 3 schools and 1,091 students.
Federal enrollment data show Nathan Hale Elementary School is 80% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 15% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 59 points above the 21% share among Lake County residents. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Nathan Hale Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 67%. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Lake County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Nathan Hale Elementary School is 11.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.4% actual, 28.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
Looking at the county, Lake County, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Lake County has 121 public schools with about 74,661 students, including Nathan Hale Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Whiting Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Nathan Hale Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Nathan Hale Elementary School enrolled 427 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 396. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.3:1 to 15.3:1.
The discussion board for Nathan Hale Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School City of Whiting
- Whiting High SchoolHigh · 445 students
- Whiting Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
Other schools in Whiting
- Whiting High SchoolHigh · 445 students
- Whiting Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchElementary
Other Nathan Hale Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Nathan Hale Elementary. Nathan Hale Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolLansing, IL · 525 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolSchaumburg, IL · 495 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJ · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Whiting Middle School0.1 mi · 250
- Whiting High School0.1 mi · 445
- Washington G Elem School2.2 mi · 571
- Washington G High School2.4 mi · 1,520
- Addams Elem School2.4 mi · 544
- Sadlowski Elementary School2.5 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nathan Hale Elementary School?
Nathan Hale Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nathan Hale Elementary School serve?
Nathan Hale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School.
How diverse is Nathan Hale Elementary School?
Nathan Hale Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 80% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Nathan Hale Elementary School?
Nathan Hale Elementary School is overseen by School City of Whiting in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.