Other · Regular · Grades K to 12
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy, Gary, IN
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 773
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- Grades
- K to 12
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.2. 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
- 3401 W 5th Ave, Gary, IN 46406
- Phone
- (219)944-3100
- District
- Thea Bowman Leadership Academy
- County
- Lake County
- Level
- Other
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- Yes
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 180002501807
School meals
- Free lunch
- 461
- Reduced-price lunch
- 32
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 49363.8% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 361Students 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
- 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary
- Gary Lighthouse Charter School Gary Lighthouse Charter School
- Steel City Academy Steel City Academy
- Gary Virtual Academy Gary Community School Corp
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.