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21st Century Charter Sch of Gary, Gary, IN

Charter schoolCEP school21st Century Charter Sch of Gary is a public school in Gary, part of 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary. It enrolled 1,180 students in 2024-25, with 118.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,180
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
118.0
Grades
K to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 118.0. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school118.0
District118.0
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
556 Washington St, Gary, IN 46402
Phone
(219)886-9339
District
21st Century Charter Sch of Gary
County
Lake County
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180004602162
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
858
Reduced-price lunch
55
Free or reduced-price lunch
91377.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
761Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other schools elsewhere in Gary

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.