Gary Career Center
1800 E 35th Ave, Gary, IN, 46409-1207 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Gary Career Center
School Type Vocational school
Grades Offered Grades N - N
County Lake County, IN
Students & Faculty
Total Students n/a
% Male / % Female n/a
Total Classroom Teachers 17 teachers
Students by Grade
n/a
This School
(IN) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio n/a 1:17
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IN) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian n/a n/a
% Hispanic n/a 8%
% Black n/a 32%
% White n/a 58%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IN) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch n/a 42%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch n/a 11%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IN) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Gary Community Corp School District
This School's Agency
(IN) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 29 5
Number of Students Managed 21,039 students 3,252 students
District Total Revenue $228,185,000 $31,820,000
District Expenditure $229,429,000 $33,069,000
District Revenue / Student $10,846 $9,785
District Expenditure / Student $10,905 $10,169
In the News:
  • Transit agency says new route will access jobs (Post-Tribune)
    posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:24:11 am
    The Gary Public Transportation Corp. began pitching a new, federally funded route that officials claim will increase access to jobs, shopping and educational centers while improving efficiency of its operations. GPTC board members got their first look at the Jobs Access/Reverse Commute, or JARC, plan at their monthly board meeting Thursday night. The JARC plan has been uploaded to the ...
  • Indiana School Boards to Gary: rescind the vote (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
    posted on October 8, 2009 at 04:30:04 am
    GARY | The infighting that has been boiling over at the Gary Community School Corp. board may come to an end if the board follows through on a recommendation from the Indiana School Boards Association.
  • Survival for Gary adult ed program still up in air (Post-Tribune)
    posted on July 6, 2009 at 10:51:26 am
    GARY -- K.T. Thomas, 36, earned a high school diploma last month from the Martin Luther King Academy for Adult Education, 19 years after leaving Roosevelt High School for what she called medical reasons. Thomas said she will pursue an associate's degree in business. Disciplinary problems pushed Sharon Stark, 42, out of Lew Wallace High School and into MLK, where she graduated in 1986 before ...
  • 'The crowd just loved them' (Post-Tribune)
    posted on June 27, 2009 at 09:46:42 am
    Residents say Jackson left mark on city, global pop culture GARY -- It's been 40 years since the Jacksons left Gary, but people across the city claim Michael Jackson as one of their own. While working the small-club circuit in the mid-1960s, the Jackson 5 made a stop at Joe Green's Club Woodlawn. Rosa Lee Green, Joe Green's widow, said the couple wasn't sure what to make of the group of ...
  • Search for school boss under way (Post-Tribune)
    posted on April 25, 2009 at 09:22:03 am
    Gary -- School district employees, parents and community leaders talked -- sometimes with passion -- about the qualities they want to see in a new superintendent at more than 30 focus groups held across the district on Friday. The sessions at the Gary Career Center were moderated by Purdue University Professor Jim Auter. Educators from Indiana University, Ball State University and Indiana State ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (46409)
School Zip (46409)
(IN) State Average
Population (Approximate) 12,709 people 5,873,444 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 9% 20%
Population Average Age 28 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 3.1 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $28,203 $42,007
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.2 rooms 5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 52 years old 43 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (46409)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 54% / 46% 69% / 31%
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5. William A Wirt Senior High School - 771 students - 1.7 mi. away - view location
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