Charter agency · Lake County
21st Century Charter Sch of Gary, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
21st Century Charter Sch of Gary runs 1 public school with 1,180 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 118.0 students per teacher is 102.5 higher than the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 1,180
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10
- Students per teacher
- 118.0
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 556 Washington St, Gary, IN 46402
- Phone
- (317)536-1027
- County
- Lake County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 1800046
- State district ID
- IN-9545
- Total staff (FTE)
- 101
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 590 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district118.0
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,264), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.9 million
- State revenue
- $11.9 million
- Local revenue
- $190,000
- Total spending
- $14.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,753
- Salaries
- $5.5 million36.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.2%
- State: 79.5%
- Local: 1.3%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,753
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| 21st Century Charter Sch of GaryCEP schoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 1,180 | 118.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lake County
- School City of Hammond 10,507 students
- Crown Point Community School Corp 9,147 students
- Lake Central School Corporation 8,985 students
- Merrillville Community School Corp 5,904 students
- Gary Community School Corp 4,383 students
- School Town of Munster 4,101 students
- School City of Hobart 3,978 students
- Tri-Creek School Corporation 3,280 students
- School City of East Chicago 3,225 students
- School Town of Highland 3,165 students
- Hanover Community School Corp 2,831 students
- Griffith Public Schools 2,015 students
- River Forest Community Sch Corp 1,707 students
- Lake Ridge New Tech Schools 1,550 students
- Gary Lighthouse Charter School 1,138 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.