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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Aspire Charter Academy, Gary, IN

Charter schoolCEP schoolAspire Charter Academy is a public elementary school in Gary, part of Aspire Charter Academy. It enrolled 684 students in 2024-25, with 20.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
684
Teachers (FTE)
33.0
Students per teacher
20.7
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 21.4. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.7
District21.4
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
4900 W 15th Ave, Gary, IN 46406
Phone
(219)944-7400
District
Aspire Charter Academy
County
Lake County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180007102443
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
609
Reduced-price lunch
48
Free or reduced-price lunch
65796.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
343Students 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

Elementary 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.