County / FIPS 18089
Lake County
Indiana
Lake County runs 120 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 11 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 7 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
120
Hospitals
11
With a star rating
7
Land area
499
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Lake County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$3.2B
Per resident
$6,358
Change since FY2021
−5%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $3B |
| 2022 | $3B |
| 2023 | $3B |
| 2024 | $3B |
| 2025 | $3B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Lake County ranks 218th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Lake County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital | Munster | |
| Franciscan Health Crown Point | Crown Point | |
| Franciscan Health Dyer | Dyer | |
| Franciscan Health Munster | Munster | |
| Methodist Hospitals Inc | Gary | |
| St Catherine Hospital Inc | East Chicago | |
| St Mary Medical Center Inc | Hobart | |
| Pinnacle Hospital | Crown Point | Not rated |
| Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana | Crown Point | Not rated |
| Neuro Behavioral Hospital | Crown Point | Not rated |
| Regional Mental Health Center | Merrillville | Not rated |
Public schools in Lake County
The 40 most complete records of 120. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary | 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary | Gary | 1,337 |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School | School City of East Chicago | East Chicago | 286 |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School | School City of Hammond | Hammond | 546 |
| Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch | Lake Station Community Schools | Lake Station | 239 |
| Allen J Warren Elementary School | School Town of Highland | Highland | 267 |
| Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School | School City of Hammond | Hammond | 669 |
| Bailly Middle School | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 383 |
| Banneker Elementary at Marquette | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 299 |
| Beiriger Elementary School | Griffith Public Schools | Griffith | 443 |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch | School City of Hammond | Whiting | 283 |
| Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch | School City of East Chicago | East Chicago | 396 |
| Beveridge Elementary School | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 310 |
| Calumet New Tech High School | Lake Ridge New Tech Schools | Gary | 619 |
| Carrie Gosch Pk Center | School City of East Chicago | East Chicago | 150 |
| Charles N Scott Middle School | School City of Hammond | Hammond | 738 |
| Charter School of the Dunes | Charter School of the Dunes | Gary | 684 |
| Colonel John Wheeler Middle School | Crown Point Community School Corp | Crown Point | 1,046 |
| Crown Point High School | Crown Point Community School Corp | Crown Point | 2,948 |
| Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 442 |
| Douglas Macarthur Elem School | Crown Point Community School Corp | Cedar Lake | 439 |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School | Crown Point Community School Corp | Crown Point | 644 |
| Early Learning Center-George Earle | School City of Hobart | Hobart | 307 |
| East Chicago Central High School | School City of East Chicago | East Chicago | 1,079 |
| East Chicago Lighthouse | East Chicago Lighthouse Charter | East Chicago | 473 |
| East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy | East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy | East Chicago | 423 |
| Edgar L Miller Elementary School | Merrillville Community School Corp | Merrillville | 351 |
| Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School | Griffith Public Schools | Griffith | 464 |
| Ernest R Elliott Elementary School | School Town of Munster | Munster | 472 |
| Excel Center - Gary | Excel Center - Gary | Gary | 145 |
| Excel Center - Hammond | Excel Center - Hammond | Hammond | 195 |
| Frank H Hammond Elementary School | School Town of Munster | Munster | 685 |
| Frank O'Bannon Elementary School | School City of Hammond | Hammond | 544 |
| Frankie Woods Mccullough Academy | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 411 |
| Gary Lighthouse Charter School | Gary Lighthouse Charter School | Gary | 1,127 |
| Gary Middle College | Gary Middle College | Gary | 176 |
| Gary Middle School | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 326 |
| Gary Virtual Academy | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 169 |
| George Bibich Elementary School | Lake Central School Corporation | Dyer | 572 |
| George Washington Elementary Sch | School City of East Chicago | East Chicago | 462 |
| Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn | Gary Community School Corp | Gary | 524 |