Summary:
ZIP code 46402 in Gary, Indiana, contains one high school in this data set: Gary Middle College, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 202 students at 131 East 5th Ave, Gary, IN 46402. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, there are no local peer schools to compare against; the relevant context is the school’s own district, also named Gary Middle College, and the state of Indiana.
Gary Middle College is currently ranked 367 out of 374 Indiana high schools, in the 2nd percentile, with 0 stars. Its rank history is consistently at the bottom: 417/432 in 2023–2024, 414/429 in 2024–2025, and 401/415 in 2025–2026, each at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars. The most striking metrics are 91.5% chronic absenteeism, compared with 16.7% statewide, and a 24.2% graduation rate, compared with 89.7% statewide. SAT proficiency is also very low: in 2025–2026, 9.38% of 11th graders met the reading/writing benchmark and 3.13% met math, versus 51.9% and 25.6% statewide. In 2024–2025, reading was 5.26% and math was 0%, an exact reported value, not a suppressed figure.
The key takeaway is that this school faces severe challenges. Attendance, graduation, and test scores are all far below state averages, and the district reports the same values as the school for shared metrics, so there is no separate district-level context that changes the picture. The school reports 26.24% free/reduced lunch and spends $11,562 per student, while the student-teacher ratio is not reported, so resource comparisons are limited. There were small year-over-year gains in SAT reading and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but they remain far below state averages. Overall, Gary Middle College is one of Indiana’s lowest-ranked high schools in this data set, with 0 stars and bottom-tier rankings across recent years. Parents should consider these outcomes carefully when evaluating options.
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