Timothy Ball Elementary School

Timothy Ball Elementary School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Crown Point, Indiana, run under Crown Point Community School Corp, educateing 638 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 46% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Crown Point Community School Corp comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 9,147 students; Timothy Ball Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Timothy Ball Elementary School logs that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Lake County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Timothy Ball Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

Around the school, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Timothy Ball Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Colonel John Wheeler Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Timothy Ball Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Timothy Ball Elementary School has expanded 27%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 78% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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