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John Wood Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Merrillville, Lake County. The school has 315 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Merrillville Community School Corp school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
John Wood Elementary School enrolls 315 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Black or African American, 26% White and 22% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 135 | 43% |
| White | 81 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 8.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 315 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 170 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
John Wood Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 3, state house district 19.
John Wood Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Merrillville Community School Corp, based in Merrillville, Indiana. The district serves 5,904 students district-wide and employs 392 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 315 students, John Wood Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 738 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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