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Schools in Zip Code 46406

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At a glance

Schools

3,827

Students

Districts

Top rankedAspire Charter Academy829^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

West Side Leadership Academy up 33 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 46406 is a small, high-poverty school cluster in Gary, Indiana, with four schools serving roughly 3,827 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. The group includes one high school, West Side Leadership Academy (grades 9–12, 1,232 students), one elementary school, Aspire Charter Academy (K–8, 684 students), and two alternative K–12 schools, Gary Lighthouse Charter School (1,138 students) and Thea Bowman Leadership Academy (773 students). There are no standalone middle schools; middle grades are folded into the K–8 and K–12 campuses. Enrollment is concentrated in the two alternative schools, which together hold about half of all students in the ZIP.

Each school stands out in a different area. Aspire has the strongest all-grade ILEARN results — 25.13% in English language arts, 20.85% in math and 15.22% in science — and its 6th grade ELA score of 41.1% is essentially at the state's 41.3%, though its school percentile slipped from 32nd to 18th over three years. Thea Bowman has by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.7%, better than the state's 16.7%, and the top SAT reading score at 31.25%. Gary Lighthouse posts the highest graduation rate, 82.4%, just 7.3 points below the state's 89.7%, and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 15.1. West Side is the largest and highest-spending campus at $21,037 per student, and its rank percentile improved from 6 to 16.

Across the ZIP, outcomes lag the state. Weighted chronic absenteeism is about 41.0%, more than double Indiana's 16.7%, and the weighted graduation rate is roughly 70.4%, about 19 points below the state. Math and science are the weakest areas: SAT math is 0% at Gary Lighthouse, 3.13% at Thea Bowman and 15.32% at West Side, all under the state's 25.6%. West Side has the toughest attendance and graduation figures at 75.3% and 58.6%, despite free/reduced lunch rates similar to Thea Bowman's 63.78% versus 62.58%. Per-student spending ranges from $14,770 to $21,037 and student-teacher ratios from 15.1 to 20.7, with no simple link between spending and results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	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 English Language Arts All Grades	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 Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3401 W 5th Ave	Gary	46406	Lake County	Thea Bowman Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 944-3100	773	45	17.1	63.8%	0 (0.0%)	717 (92.8%)	38 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)								(n/a)	31.3	3.1	15.7	28.6	10.1	18.2	13.1	8.5	14.7	11.8	4.8	2.9	14.0	8.8	1.7	6.9	19.1	15.4	17.3	10.3	12.7	$14,770	$5,689	$9,081
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	1,138	75	15.1	98.9%	14 (1.2%)	985 (86.6%)	101 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.3%)								(n/a)	13.7	0.0	19.7	13.0	11.5	3.3	9.4	20.5	12.6	25.8	16.7	9.1	6.5	8.2	10.1	11.9	13.0	2.3	6.3	14.3	16.5	$16,928	$7,371	$9,557
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	684	33	20.7	96.1%	2 (0.3%)	556 (81.3%)	70 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (8.2%)	19.3	829^th of 1015 public elementary schools	18.3%		24.5	780^th of 1005 public elementary schools	22.4%	49			17.5	15.2	22.6	41.1	28.1	25.8	25.1	26.3	21.2	7.6	28.8	20.3	16.1	20.9	12.3	17.8	15.2	20.8		$16,911	$6,382	$10,529
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	1,232	69	17.9	62.6%	7 (0.6%)	1,102 (89.4%)	78 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.7%)	17.4	347^th of 415 public high schools	16.4%		12.3	380^th of 429 public high schools	11.4%	33	18.0	15.3																			11.2	$21,037	$6,127	$14,910

Cities Near Zip Code 46406

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gary	0.49 mi	27	392^nd
Hammond	1.48 mi	16	384^th
Highland	2.88 mi	7	167^th
East Chicago	3.58 mi	9	390^th
Griffith	3.86 mi	4	278^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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