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Calumet New Tech High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3900 Calhoun St
Gary, IN 46408
Phone
(219) 838-6990
District
Lake Ridge New Tech Schools
County
LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
619
Classroom Teachers
39

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

2

(10 is best)

Better than 11.9% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Calumet New Tech High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
14%
39%
20%
49%
8%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
17
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 162 26.2%
Grade 10 160 25.8%
Grade 11 153 24.7%
Grade 12 144 23.3%
Total 619 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 26.7% 31.9% 67.7%
Black 43.9% 37.6% 14.1%
Hispanic 29.1% 30.1% 14.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.1% 3.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 89.8% 90.5% 50.9%
Free lunch eligible 88.2% 89.4% 46.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 1.1% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,130 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 924.9 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.7% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.6% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.1% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,342 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 12.0% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.5% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 9.7% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 2.5% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.4% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.3% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.3% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 30.2% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.4% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 12.9% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,942 $8,001,000 36.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $558 $903,000 4.1%
Staff $1,028 $1,664,000 7.6%
General Administration $225 $364,000 1.7%
School Administration $758 $1,227,000 5.6%
Operation $1,933 $3,130,000 14.4%
Transportation $739 $1,196,000 5.5%
Other $502 $812,000 3.7%
Total Support $5,742 $9,296,000 42.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,769 $4,483,000 20.6%
Total Expenditures $13,453 $21,780,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,644 $5,847,671,000 44.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $594,242,000 4.5%
Staff $515 $533,647,000 4.0%
General Administration $209 $216,618,000 1.6%
School Administration $667 $690,724,000 5.2%
Operation $1,217 $1,261,217,000 9.5%
Transportation $551 $570,491,000 4.3%
Other $366 $379,113,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,098 $4,246,052,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,018 $3,126,987,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $12,760 $13,220,710,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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