📍 3601 W 41st Ave, Gary, Lake County, 46408
Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gary, Lake County. The school has 476 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lake Ridge New Tech Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School enrolls 476 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Black or African American, 32% White and 25% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 165 | 35% |
| White | 153 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 7.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
437 of the school's 476 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 431 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-10, state senate district 2, state house district 14.
Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School is one of 3 schools in Lake Ridge New Tech Schools, based in Gary, Indiana. The district serves 1,550 students district-wide and employs 95 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 476 students, Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School is close to the district average of about 517 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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