Elementary · Indiana
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School
Free meals for allVirgil I Bailey Elementary School, a public elementary school in Lake Station, Indiana: grades k–5, 235 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lake Station Community Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 235
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.3
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in Indiana
Median 15.0 · 1,054 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of elementary schools in Indiana
Median 433 · 1,058 schools compared
Smaller than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Indiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Indiana: 41%23%proficient
+5.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of elementary schools in Indiana
Median 38% · 1,001 elementary schools compared
123 students tested, grades 3–8 · ILEARN; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Indiana: 42%21%proficient
−5.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Indiana
Median 46% · 1,001 elementary schools compared
123 students tested, grades 3–8 · ILEARN; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lake Station Community Schools.
Location
- Address
- 2100 Union St, Lake Station, IN 46405
- Phone
- (219)962-1302
- City or town
- Lake Station
- County
- Lake County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charter School of the DunesCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 836 | 17.8 | 13% | 6.9% |
George L Myers Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 332 | 15.1 | 38% | 36% |
John I Meister Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 373 | 16.6 | 14% | 16% |
Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 200 | 14.0 | 18% | 22% |
Central Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 409 | 16.4 | 29% | 29% |
Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 401 | 15.4 | 29% | 29% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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