Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
John I Meister Elementary School, Hobart, IN
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 373
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.4. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 3300 Jay St, Hobart, IN 46342
- Phone
- (219)962-1103
- District
- River Forest Community Sch Corp
- County
- Lake County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 180462000779
School meals
- Free lunch
- 255
- Reduced-price lunch
- 17
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 27272.9% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 237Students 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 elementary schools in River Forest Community Sch Corp
- Henry S Evans Elementary School 400 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Hobart
- Veterans Elementary School at Mundell School City of Hobart
- Joan Martin Elementary School School City of Hobart
- Liberty Elementary School School City of Hobart
- Early Learning Center-George Earle School City of Hobart
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.