Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STATION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180291000381
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School
2100 Union St, Lake Station, IN 46405 · (219) 962-1302 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
203 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (29).
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
Students here typically continue to
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School→Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS
Based on grade levels within Lake Station Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
22.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
21.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Virgil I Bailey Elementary School
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil I Bailey Elementary School this school | 235 | 86.4% | 21.7% |
| Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch Lake Station | 200 | 76.5% | 19.9% |
| Henry S Evans Elementary School Lake Station | 400 | 82.3% | 21.5% |
| Columbia Elementary School Logansport | 432 | 84.5% | 23.9% |
| Invent Learning Hub Indianapolis | 221 | 94.1% | 8.5% |
| Murdock Elementary School Lafayette | 230 | 77.8% | 28.6% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Virgil I Bailey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #824 of 983 | #38 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #859 of 986 | #41 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #801 of 986 | #38 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #950 of 1,079 | #66 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #231 of 991 | #8 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #160 of 996 | #8 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #21 of 1,058 | #4 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #114 of 597 | #10 of 39 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
235
-24 (-9%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 235 | 17.3 | 13.6:1 | 86% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 20.3 | 14.9:1 | 81% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 19.3 | 14.0:1 | 84% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 81% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 85% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 77% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 12 | 21.3:1 | 74% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 56% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 10 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virgil I Bailey Elementary School.
About Virgil I Bailey Elementary School
The public elementary school Virgil I Bailey Elementary School is located in Lake Station, Indiana. It had 235 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Indiana have about 436 students on average; enrollment here is 46% lower.
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School is one school in a 3-school district, Lake Station Community Schools, which enrolls 1,030 students.
Of every 100 students at Virgil I Bailey Elementary School, about 45 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 34% White, 11% Black, and 10% multiracial. That is higher than the 21% Hispanic share among all Lake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
The school has 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Lake County average 47%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Virgil I Bailey Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 14.4% for a school in Indiana with Virgil I Bailey Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Virgil I Bailey Elementary School posts 21.7%.
Looking at the county, Lake County, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Lake County has 121 public schools with about 74,661 students, including Virgil I Bailey Elementary School.
The closest school to Virgil I Bailey Elementary School is Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS, located about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Virgil I Bailey Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Virgil I Bailey Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 24 students, from 259 to 235. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.6:1.
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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
- Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HSHigh · 595 students
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Lake Station
- Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HSHigh · 595 students
- Henry S Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchElementary · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS0.7 mi · 595
- Charter School of the Dunes1.4 mi · 836
- William Fegely Middle School1.6 mi · 566
- George L Myers Elementary School2.0 mi · 332
- John I Meister Elementary School2.0 mi · 373
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch2.1 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Virgil I Bailey Elementary SchoolHow large is Virgil I Bailey Elementary School?
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School enrolls approximately 235 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Virgil I Bailey Elementary School serve?
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Virgil I Bailey Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Virgil I Bailey Elementary School.
How diverse is Virgil I Bailey Elementary School?
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School reports a student body of 34% White, 45% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Virgil I Bailey Elementary School?
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School is overseen by Lake Station Community Schools in Lake County.
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