Thomas A Edison Elementary School

Thomas An Edison Elementary School is a primary school of sizable scale in Hammond, Indiana, one of the schools within School City of Hammond, works with 705 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

School City of Hammond comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,997 students; Thomas An Edison Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Thomas An Edison Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 39% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Thomas An Edison Elementary School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Thomas An Edison Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.3%; this one comes in at 17.5%, -19.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Thomas An Edison Elementary School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

The closest other public school is Frank O'Bannon Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thomas An Edison Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

Thomas An Edison Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Thomas An Edison Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 705). The Black share of enrollment increased from 28% to 39% over that span.

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