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Gary Career Center School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1800 E 35th Ave
Gary, IN 46409
Phone
(219) 962-7571
District
GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP
County
LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Vocational/technical
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Classroom Teachers
2

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Gary Career Center School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
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40%
No Data
43%
No Data
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
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21
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) Unreported 1.3% 68.5%
Black Unreported 93.0% 13.9%
Hispanic Unreported 5.6% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander Unreported 0.0% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska Unreported 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 85.6% 44.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 84.6% 38.5%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 1.0% 5.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 65,448 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,539.2 189
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.7% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.0% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.5% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 18.7% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 26,241 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 21.5% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.4% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.2% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.3% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.0% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.0% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.6% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 22.3% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 21.7% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,978 $28,993,300 42.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $876 $4,248,600 6.3%
Staff $563 $2,730,550 4.0%
General Administration $266 $1,290,100 1.9%
School Administration $864 $4,190,400 6.2%
Operation $1,900 $9,215,000 13.6%
Transportation $763 $3,700,550 5.5%
Other $515 $2,497,750 3.7%
Total Support $5,748 $27,877,800 41.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,265 $10,985,250 16.2%
Total Expenditures $13,990 $67,851,500 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,123 $6,347,040,080 45.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $591 $612,609,704 4.4%
Staff $485 $502,506,672 3.6%
General Administration $212 $220,137,486 1.6%
School Administration $723 $749,401,736 5.4%
Operation $1,201 $1,245,441,314 9.0%
Transportation $625 $648,238,953 4.7%
Other $362 $374,825,865 2.7%
Total Support $4,199 $4,353,144,682 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,087 $3,200,552,293 23.0%
Total Expenditures $13,410 $13,900,756,372 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%