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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Charter School of the Dunes, Gary, IN

Charter schoolCEP schoolCharter School of the Dunes is a public elementary school in Gary, part of Charter School of the Dunes. It enrolled 836 students in 2024-25, with 17.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
836
Teachers (FTE)
47.0
Students per teacher
17.8
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.8. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.8
District17.8
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
7300 East Melton Rd, Gary, IN 46403
Phone
(219)939-9690
District
Charter School of the Dunes
County
Lake County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180002701815
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
562
Reduced-price lunch
2
Free or reduced-price lunch
56467.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
299Students 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.