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If you could change one rule at Protsman Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180545000987
Protsman Elementary School
1121 Harrison, Dyer, IN 46311 · (219) 322-2040 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
192 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 20% smaller than its 4th grade class (130).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
71.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Protsman Elementary School
Protsman Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protsman Elementary School this school | 614 | 31.3% | 63.3% |
| Wyandotte Elementary Lafayette | 522 | 30.5% | 51.0% |
| James B Eads Elementary School Munster | 554 | 30.3% | 67.8% |
| Timothy Ball Elementary School Crown Point | 638 | 33.7% | 57.2% |
| Monon Trail Elementary School Westfield | 767 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| Homan Elementary School Schererville | 472 | 37.7% | 58.1% |
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 Protsman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #122 of 983 | #8 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #102 of 986 | #10 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #132 of 986 | #8 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #164 of 1,079 | #13 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #415 of 991 | #15 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #229 of 996 | #17 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #898 of 1,058 | #52 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #428 of 597 | #27 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
614
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 614 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 31% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 43.5 | 14.8:1 | 29% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 45.8 | 13.3:1 | 30% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 56 | 10.6:1 | 29% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 34 | 19.3:1 | 29% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 36 | 20.4:1 | 23% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 9% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 493 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Protsman Elementary School.
About Protsman Elementary School
Protsman Elementary School serves students in Dyer, Indiana, as a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 614 students in pre-K through 4. Against the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 41% higher.
Protsman Elementary School is part of Lake Central School Corporation, where 10 schools serve 8,985 students.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at Protsman Elementary School combined. Other students are 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 55% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Protsman Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
With 42 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Protsman Elementary School was 14.6:1. Among elementary schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 15.5:1. Protsman Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 31%. Across public schools in Lake County, the average is 47%.
On BeatsExpectations, Protsman Elementary School is 9.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
Federal survey data for Lake County show that median household income is about $71,493, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 121 public schools operate in Lake County, serving about 74,661 students.
Nearest public school: Kahler Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Protsman Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 38.3% on proficiency, and Protsman Elementary School is above that at 63.3%.
The NCES locale for Protsman 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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 614, 3% above the 596 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 10.6 in 2020-21.
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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 Lake Central School Corporation
- Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 2,926 students
- Hal E Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kahler Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Michael Grimmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- James H Watson Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- George Bibich Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Dyer
- Kahler Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- George Bibich Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Kahler Middle School1.3 mi · 971
- Sandridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 423
- Frank H Hammond Elementary School2.4 mi · 620
- George Bibich Elementary School2.6 mi · 547
- Heritage Middle School2.7 mi · 500
- Rickover Jr High School2.7 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Protsman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Protsman Elementary School?
Protsman Elementary School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Protsman Elementary School serve?
Protsman Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Protsman Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Protsman Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Protsman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Protsman Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Protsman Elementary School in?
Protsman Elementary School is part of Lake Central School Corporation.
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