Veterans Elementary School at Mundell

Set in Hobart, Indiana, Veterans Elementary School at Mundell is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, operated by School City of Hobart. It works with 594 students across grades 1 through 5. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

School City of Hobart comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,978 students; Veterans Elementary School at Mundell is among them.

On demographics, Veterans Elementary School at Mundell logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lake County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lake County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Veterans Elementary School at Mundell sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 38.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Veterans Elementary School at Mundell is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

The closest other public school is Early Learning Center-George Earle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Veterans Elementary School at Mundell ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.1%.

Veterans Elementary School at Mundell operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Veterans Elementary School at Mundell's enrollment has climbed 111% since 2018, when it stood at 281 (now 594). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 54%.

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