Schools · Calumet
Calumet, IN schools
Calumet’s public schools score well below Indiana’s averages: 11% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 68% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 5 elementary schools, Gary Middle School or Bailly Middle School and West Side Leadership Academy.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D−
Calumet’s School Grade: D-
The public schools Calumet’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 96% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
D-Test scoresDGraduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 4%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (431)Better than 0%
Towns in Lake County (11)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 1,884 tested students and a graduating class of 274; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Calumet kids go to school
Grades PK–5
6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Gary Community School CorporationGrades 5
5 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Gary Community School CorporationGrades 6–8
D-Gary Middle School or D-Bailly Middle School
Depends on your address Gary Community School CorporationBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Gary Community School Corporation)11%
State average 42.6%
Math (grades PK–12, Gary Community School Corporation)3%
State average 35.8%
Graduation · class of 2020
68% graduate on time
Graduation rate
68%
IN: 90.9%
Graduating class
274
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #553 of 554 IN towns →
Districts
The district serving Calumet
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 31 schools in Calumet
Showing 1–30 of 31 schools
Charter School of the DunesElementary · Grades PK–8 · 836 students
D-CharterAspire Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 684 students
DCharterGlen Park Acad for Excel in LrnElementary · Grades K–5 · 566 students
D-PublicLongfellow New Tech Elementary SchElementary · Grades K–4 · 483 students
DPublicElsie Wadsworth Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 477 students
PublicFrankie Woods McCullough AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 472 students
D-PublicDaniel Hale Williams Elem SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 450 students
D-PublicBeiriger Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 426 students
B-PublicBeveridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 374 students
D-PublicBanneker Elementary at MarquetteElementary · Grades K–5 · 293 students
D-PublicMary M Bethune Early Child Dev CtrElementary · Grades PK–K · 231 students
PublicLake Ridge New Tech Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 447 students
DPublicGary Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 365 students
D-PublicBailly Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 355 students
D-PublicWest Side Leadership AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,232 students
C-PublicGriffth Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 1,112 students
B+PublicCalumet New Tech High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 620 students
C-PublicGary Middle CollegeHigh · Grades 9–12 · 202 students
D-CharterExcel Center - GaryHigh · Grades 9–12 · 125 students
Charter21st Century Charter Sch of GaryOther · Grades K–12 · 1,180 students
DCharterGary Lighthouse Charter SchoolOther · Grades K–12 · 1,138 students
D-CharterThea Bowman Leadership AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 773 students
DCharterSteel City AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 286 students
C-CharterAMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateASCENSION LUTHERAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateCALUMET CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateLIFE CHRISTIAN STEAM ACADEMY
PrivateMY SAFARI PREPARATORY ACADEMY
PrivateMY SAFARI PREPARATORY ACADEMY GEORGIA ST. CAMPUS
PrivateREPAIRER OF THE BREACH MINISTRIES (D211)
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.