Best Public Schools in Gary, Indiana

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2021)						ILEARN Math (2021)						ILEARN Science (2021)		ILEARN Social Studies (2021)	ILEARN Biology (2021)	ISTEP+ English/Language Arts (2021)	ISTEP+ Math (2021)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2020)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	ISTEP+ English/Language Arts 11th Grade	ISTEP+ Math 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	975 W 6th Ave	Gary	46402	Lake County	Thea Bowman Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 883-4826	866	42	20.6	100.0%	1 (0.1%)	820 (94.7%)	33 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.4%)								(n/a)	4.9	1.8	11.7	8.6	13.0	22.0	8.2	1.8	1.3	1.7	1.9	1.2	7.3	1.7	4.0	4.6	39.3	5.1	$8,681	$2,549	$6,131
Charter School of the Dunes	Public, Charter	K-8	7300 East Melton Rd	Gary	46403	Lake County	Charter School of the Dunes	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 939-9690	684	29	23.5	94.0%	18 (2.6%)	588 (86.0%)	38 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.4%)	6.5	970^th of 1016 public elementary schools	4.5%		2.8	1016^th of 1031 public elementary schools	1.5%	46	4.2	9.5	10.2	6.8	8.6	18.0	8.7	6.5	1.6	4.2	0.0	1.6	8.6	7.4	7.1				$8,188	$2,433	$5,755
21st Century Charter School of Gary	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	556 Washington St	Gary	46402	Lake County	21st Century Charter School of Gary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 886-9339	1,264	59	21.4	85.2%	2 (0.2%)	1,184 (93.7%)	51 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.1%)								(n/a)	6.2	4.4	3.8	9.2	8.5	15.8	10.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.1	1.0	3.3	4.1	5.1	0.0	44.9	19.3	$9,460	$2,561	$6,899
Gary Lighthouse Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	725 Clark Road	Gary	46406	Lake County	Gary Lighthouse Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 977-9583	1,334	76	17.4	99.9%	5 (0.4%)	1,200 (90.0%)	95 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (2.2%)								(n/a)	3.7	3.5	5.3	4.1	13.3	13.6	3.8	1.8	0.0	0.0	4.3	1.5	1.9	4.1	0.0	2.4	31.0	3.8	$9,845	$2,197	$7,648
Aspire Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4900 W 15th Ave	Gary	46406	Lake County	Aspire Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 944-7400	647	39	16.5	95.8%	7 (1.1%)	562 (86.9%)	34 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.6%)	8.3	933^rd of 1016 public elementary schools	8.2%		22.1	839^th of 1031 public elementary schools	18.6%	94	14.3	5.2	15.1	19.0	24.2	34.0	15.9	7.0	4.2	1.6	10.9	5.8	9.1	1.6	2.8				$8,404	$1,764	$6,640
Gary Middle College	Public, Charter	9-12	131 East 5th Ave	Gary	46402	Lake County	Gary Middle College	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 888-7120	164	4	36.6	58.5%	2 (1.2%)	142 (86.6%)	16 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)								(n/a)																			$8,681	$886	$7,794
Steel City Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2650 W 35th Avenue	Gary	46408	Lake County	Steel City Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 750-1010	415	13	31.9	76.4%	5 (1.2%)	390 (94.0%)	10 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)								(n/a)	11.1				11.1	30.8	14.8				0.0	4.0					64.1	5.0	$10,719	$2,424	$8,295
Gary Middle College West	Public, Charter	10-12	4030 W 5th Ave	Gary	46406	Lake County	Gary Middle College West	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 888-7120	118	3	46.0	51.7%	2 (1.7%)	95 (80.5%)	17 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)								(n/a)																			$6,516	$706	$5,810
Excel Center - Gary	Public, Charter	11-12	4610 W Ridge Road	Gary	46408	Lake County	Excel Center - Gary	Yes	No	No	No	(219) 789-5236	121	11	10.7	62.0%	18 (14.9%)	83 (68.6%)	14 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.0%)								(n/a)																			$7,831	$1,137	$6,694
Banneker Elementary at Marquette	Public	K-5	6401 Hemlock Ave	Gary	46403	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 321-8545	396	23	17.2	100.0%	5 (1.3%)	360 (90.9%)	19 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	7	957^th of 1016 public elementary schools	5.8%		12.1	924^th of 1031 public elementary schools	10.4%	33	10.8	9.7	13.6				6.2	3.2	6.1				4.8		7.5				$9,299	$1,510	$7,789
Beveridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	1234 Cleveland St	Gary	46404	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 321-8546	378	24	15.7	100.0%	2 (0.5%)	357 (94.4%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	4	1011^th of 1016 public elementary schools	0.5%		2.9	1015^th of 1031 public elementary schools	1.6%	4	4.3	3.3	1.8				2.2	0.0	1.9				0.0		5.4				$10,892	$1,480	$9,411
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy	Public	K-5	1110 W 21st Ave	Gary	46407	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 944-7301	468	27	17.3	100.0%	3 (0.6%)	434 (92.7%)	22 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	3.8	1013^th of 1016 public elementary schools	0.3%		8.1	959^th of 1031 public elementary schools	7.0%	54	0.0	2.7	5.9				2.0	2.6	0.0				0.0		3.9				$7,959	$1,313	$6,647
Gary Career Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	1800 E 35th Ave	Gary	46409	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 962-7571	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Center	Public	PK	2367 E 21st Ave	Gary	46407	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 886-6542	293	18	16.2	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	282 (96.2%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)								(n/a)																			$10,166	$5,971	$4,195
West Side Leadership Academy	Public	9-12	9th & Gerry St	Gary	46406	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 413-9870	1,193	65	18.2	99.9%	12 (1.0%)	1,084 (90.9%)	37 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (4.9%)	9.1	365^th of 388 public high schools	5.9%		7.6	356^th of 389 public high schools	8.5%	9																0.9	43.1	5.3	$10,853	$1,329	$9,524
Glen Park Academy for Excel in Learning	Public	K-5	5002 Madison St	Gary	46408	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 318-2800	518	31	16.6	100.0%	17 (3.3%)	453 (87.5%)	31 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	4.5	1005^th of 1016 public elementary schools	1.1%		5	992^nd of 1031 public elementary schools	3.8%	13	7.0	1.3	4.8				5.0	2.6	2.4				0.0		6.3				$9,849	$1,526	$8,323
Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School	Public	K-5	1320 E 19th Ave	Gary	46407	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 881-3600	553	29	19.0	100.0%	2 (0.4%)	516 (93.3%)	22 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.0%)	4.6	1002^nd of 1016 public elementary schools	1.4%		3.5	1003^rd of 1031 public elementary schools	2.7%	1	4.8	6.0	3.1				2.4	4.5	1.5				4.5		6.3				$9,551	$1,444	$8,107
Bailly Middle School	Public	6-8	4621 Georgia St	Gary	46409	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 980-6326	513	34	15.0	100.0%	9 (1.8%)	455 (88.7%)	26 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	5.6	471^st of 483 public middle schools	2.5%					(n/a)				8.7	13.4	7.1				0.0	1.5	0.0		3.3					$9,780	$1,495	$8,285
Gary Middle School	Public	6-8	301 Parke St	Gary	46403	Lake County	Gary Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 321-8547	458	30	15.4	100.0%	4 (0.9%)	422 (92.1%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	6.1	468^th of 483 public middle schools	3.1%		2.8	463^rd of 470 public middle schools	1.5%	5				8.8	15.1	10.7				0.9	0.8	0.0		3.7					$11,445	$2,001	$9,444
Calumet New Technical High School	Public	9-12	3900 Calhoun St	Gary	46408	Lake County	Lake Ridge New Technical Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 838-6990	661	36	18.5	82.8%	198 (30.0%)	289 (43.7%)	139 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.1%)	13.1	355^th of 388 public high schools	8.5%		9.6	353^rd of 389 public high schools	9.3%	2																10.6	30.5	6.0	$12,262	$1,000	$11,262
Lake Ridge New Technical Middle School	Public	5-8	3601 W 41st Ave	Gary	46408	Lake County	Lake Ridge New Technical Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 980-0730	510	25	20.4	82.4%	189 (37.1%)	134 (26.3%)	139 (27.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.0%)	17.7	394^th of 483 public middle schools	18.4%		22.5	382^nd of 470 public middle schools	18.7%	12			15.1	17.6	22.0	21.9			10.4	14.8	9.4	8.6		20.4	14.2				$10,828	$1,398	$9,430
Longfellow New Technical Elementary School	Public	K-4	45th/Calhoun Sts	Gary	46408	Lake County	Lake Ridge New Technical Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 923-7004	473	22	21.5	91.3%	199 (42.1%)	94 (19.9%)	148 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.6%)	8.9	924^th of 1016 public elementary schools	9.1%		21.5	847^th of 1031 public elementary schools	17.8%	77	11.2	11.2					9.1	12.1					12.2						$10,608	$1,620	$8,988

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Merrillville	2 mi	9	381^st
Crown Point	4.12 mi	10	31^st
Hobart	4.4 mi	9	310^th
Valparaiso	5.39 mi	25	48^th
Hebron	5.67 mi	4	127^th

Best Public Schools in Gary, IN

Lake Ridge New Technical Middle School

Calumet New Technical High School

West Side Leadership Academy

Longfellow New Technical Elementary School

Aspire Charter Academy

Banneker Elementary at Marquette

Charter School of the Dunes

Gary Middle School

Bailly Middle School

Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School

Glen Park Academy for Excel in Learning

Beveridge Elementary School

Frankie Woods McCullough Academy

21st Century Charter School of Gary

Excel Center - Gary

Gary Career Center

Gary Lighthouse Charter School

Gary Middle College

Gary Middle College West

Mary M Bethune Early Child Dev Center

Steel City Academy

Thea Bowman Leadership Academy

Cities Near Gary