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Alumni: what's one memory from Washington Irving Elementary Sch that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF HAMMOND·NCES 180432000751
Washington Irving Elementary Sch
4727 Pine Ave, Hammond, IN 46327 · (219) 933-2467 · Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
20.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
425 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
13.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
11.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Washington Irving Elementary Sch
Washington Irving Elementary Sch's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Irving Elementary Sch this school | 754 | 56.4% | 12.5% |
| Roosevelt STEAM Academy Elkhart | 531 | 56.5% | 23.7% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School Indianapolis | 714 | 66.2% | 22.5% |
| Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School Indianapolis | 472 | 58.1% | 14.7% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hammond | 565 | 61.2% | 13.6% |
| Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 451 | 58.5% | 8.3% |
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 Washington Irving Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #928 of 983 | #50 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #941 of 986 | #51 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #932 of 986 | #54 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #46 of 1,079 | #3 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #965 of 991 | #59 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #504 of 996 | #48 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #452 of 1,058 | #33 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.4% | #49 of 353 | #4 of 26 |
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
754
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 754 | 37.3 | 20.2:1 | 56% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 40.4 | 18.3:1 | 64% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 47.3 | 15.4:1 | 83% (602) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 84% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 29.5 | 19.0:1 | 78% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 29 | 21.3:1 | 83% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 87% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 99% (468) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Irving Elementary Sch.
About Washington Irving Elementary Sch
Washington Irving Elementary Sch is an elementary school in Hammond, Indiana, reachable at (219) 933-2467. Its 754 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students.
School City of Hammond, which runs Washington Irving Elementary Sch, has 15 schools and 10,997 students.
Washington Irving Elementary Sch is 73% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 19% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% White. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Lake County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Washington Irving Elementary Sch is 37.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.2:1. That is 4.7 students per teacher above the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Around 56% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Lake County.
The allk12 Grade for Washington Irving Elementary Sch is F. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Washington Irving Elementary Sch scores 23.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 12.5% actual versus 35.6% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Lake County, the median household income is $71,493, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Washington Irving Elementary Sch, Lake County has 120 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Washington Irving Elementary Sch has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 12.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Washington Irving Elementary Sch had 728 students, to 2024-25, when it had 754.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 School City of Hammond
- Hammond Central High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Morton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,446 students
- Warren G Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Henry W Eggers Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Charles N Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
Other schools in Hammond
- Hammond Central High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Morton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,446 students
- Warren G Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Henry W Eggers Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Charles N Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 565
- Hammond Academy of Science & Tech1.1 mi · 578
- William McKinley Elementary School1.2 mi · 509
- Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch1.3 mi · 400
- East Chicago Central High School1.4 mi · 1,052
- Wilson Elementary School1.4 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Irving Elementary SchWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Irving Elementary Sch?
Washington Irving Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 754 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Washington Irving Elementary Sch serve?
Washington Irving Elementary Sch serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Washington Irving Elementary Sch?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Washington Irving Elementary Sch.
What is the student diversity at Washington Irving Elementary Sch?
Student demographics at Washington Irving Elementary Sch are roughly 4% White, 73% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Washington Irving Elementary Sch public or private?
Washington Irving Elementary Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by School City of Hammond.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.