Nathan Hale Elementary School

Set in Whiting, Indiana, Nathan Hale Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, part of School City of Whiting. It serves 396 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Nathan Hale Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by School City of Whiting, a district that teaches 1,091 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Nathan Hale Elementary School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%; the rest is composed of 15% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Nathan Hale Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nathan Hale Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of +11.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Nathan Hale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Whiting Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nathan Hale Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Nathan Hale Elementary School's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 396). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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