Robert Taft Middle School

As a sizable middle-grades school in Crown Point, Indiana, Robert Taft Middle School enrolls 1,067 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Crown Point Community School Corp. That puts it 80% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

Crown Point Community School Corp runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 9,147 students. Robert Taft Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Robert Taft Middle School shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Robert Taft Middle School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lake County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Robert Taft Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 54.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Robert Taft Middle School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robert Taft Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robert Taft Middle School has declined 3%, going from 1,100 students in 2018 to 1,067 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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