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How has Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
595
High
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STATION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180291000380
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS
3304 Parkside Ave, Lake Station, IN 46405 · (219) 962-8531 · Lake County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Indiana public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
427 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 16% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Based on grade levels within Lake Station Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
8.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS this school | 595 | 71.8% | 15.3% |
| River Forest High School Hobart | 565 | 72.0% | N/A |
| Christel House Watanabe Manual High School Indianapolis | 458 | 69.4% | N/A |
| Ben Davis University High School Indianapolis | 375 | 73.6% | N/A |
| North White High School Monon | 272 | 72.1% | N/A |
| Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center Indianapolis | 1,243 | 67.7% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high 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 Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #97 of 103 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #97 of 104 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #95 of 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #172 of 392 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #306 of 359 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #38 of 360 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #14 of 373 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #90 of 201 | #5 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
595
-87 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 595 | 32.3 | 18.4:1 | 72% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 35.3 | 17.4:1 | 75% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 34.3 | 17.9:1 | 76% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 31 | 22.0:1 | 70% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 29.5 | 22.5:1 | 82% (544) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 77% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 69% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 27% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 42 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS.
About Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS is a small high school with its address in Lake Station, Indiana. Enrollment is 595 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 12. Against the 816-student average for high schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 27% lower.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Lake Station Community Schools totals 1,030 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS, with 44% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 34% White, 17% Black, and 5% multiracial. Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS comes in at 66%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.4:1. Among high schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Lake County.
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Indiana public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS is 9.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.3% actual, 24.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
Census Bureau estimates for Lake County show that median household income is about $71,493, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 121 public schools operate in Lake County, serving about 74,661 students.
Of nearby public schools, Virgil I Bailey Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 17.2% proficiency; Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS posts 15.3%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 682 in 2020-21 and 595 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.0:1 to 18.4:1.
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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 Station Community Schools
- Virgil I Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Lake Station
- Henry S Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Virgil I Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchElementary · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Virgil I Bailey Elementary School0.7 mi · 235
- Charter School of the Dunes1.3 mi · 836
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch1.4 mi · 200
- John I Meister Elementary School1.4 mi · 373
- William Fegely Middle School2.1 mi · 566
- Gary Middle School2.2 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HSHow large is Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS?
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS enrolls approximately 595 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS serve?
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS have?
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
How diverse is Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS?
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS reports a student body of 34% White, 44% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS in?
Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS is part of Lake Station Community Schools.
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