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Griffith Public Schools

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Griffith Public Schools is located in northwest Indiana. Griffith Public Schools has 6.13 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Griffith Public Schools population is 16,614. Griffith Public Schools median household income is $52,392 in 2010-2014. Griffith Public Schools median house value is $138,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Griffith Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (114 out of 289, top 39%) Elementary/Middle School: (86 out of 289, top 30%)* Rank: #94
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	16,614 (2010-2014), rank #103
Population Growth	1.93% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	2,711.17/sq mi, rank #10
Median Household Income:	$52,392 at 2010-2014—-6.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #102
Median House Price:	$138,900 at 2010-2014—1.83% increase since 2005-2009, rank #68
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	6.13 sq mi, rank #284
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00%), rank #287
State:	Indiana
County:	Lake County
City:	Griffith
Zip:	46319, 46408
Area:	Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI

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Griffith Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

602 North Raymond

Griffith IN, 46319, Lake County

Phone: 219-924-4250

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,402	2,492	2,584	2,681	2,687	2,671	2,691
English Language Learner Students:	42	40	34	47	35	42	42
Total Teachers:	138.25	156.00	128.72	123.00	130.00	134.00	134.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	10.39	11.60	2.22	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00
Elementary:	48.61	65.40	54.90	53.00	56.00	59.00	57.00
Secondary:	79.25	79.00	71.60	63.00	67.00	68.00	69.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	111.99	149.89	108.00	84.00	137.00	133.00	120.00
Instructional Aides:	9.50	10.97	2.00	NA	21.00	17.00	8.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
Library/Media Support:	3.84	3.81	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	2.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	0.00
School Administrators:	7.00	6.00	8.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	18.87	18.22	18.00	17.00	18.00	19.00	19.00
Student Support Services:	19.00	30.90	22.00	NA	6.00	3.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	44.78	69.99	45.00	48.00	71.00	73.00	73.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.37	15.97	20.07	21.80	20.67	19.93	20.08

Schools

Beiriger Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	601 North Lillian St, Griffith IN 46319
Eldon Ready Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1345 North Broad St, Griffith IN 46319
Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	600 North Jay St, Griffith IN 46319
Griffith Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	600 North Raymond St, Griffith IN 46319
Griffith Senior High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	600 North Wiggs St, Griffith IN 46319

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ECA Test
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	54%	61%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70.9%	72.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	53.4%	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	21%	37%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	18.9%	46.9%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	23.0%	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	70%	63%
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	73.5%	71.9%
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	79.2%	N/A
ISTEP+ Test
2005	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	73%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	79%	68%
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	68%	67%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74%	64%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	58%	64%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	70%	65%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77%	66%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	64%	65%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62%	60%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73%	64%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	67%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	82%	69%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	79%	70%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	83%	71%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	80%	71%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	78%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	73%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	78%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	80%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	80%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	72%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	76%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	51%	54%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	55%	58%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	76%	70%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	68%	67%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	71.9%	75%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84%	73%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82%	76%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	73%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	78%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	52%	57%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	65%	64%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	71%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	65%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	76%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	70%	65%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	72%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	73%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	71%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	72%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	66%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	77%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	80%
2005	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	68%	66%
2006	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	71%	67%
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	75%	66%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	69%	68%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73%	71%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	80%	67%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73%	70%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$31,549,000	$12,209		$25,277,000	$9,428		$32,724,000	$12,179
Federal:	$1,515,000	$586	4.8%	$1,409,000	$526	5.6%	$2,168,000	$807	6.6%
State:	$17,874,000	$6,917	56.7%	$17,501,000	$6,528	69.2%	$16,874,000	$6,280	51.6%
Local:	$12,160,000	$4,706	38.5%	$6,367,000	$2,375	25.2%	$13,682,000	$5,092	41.8%
Total Expenditures:	$24,547,000	$9,500		$23,298,000	$8,690		$24,583,000	$9,149
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,706,000	$8,013		$19,369,000	$7,225		$20,867,000	$7,766
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,270,000	$4,748	59.3%	$11,601,000	$4,327	59.9%	$12,588,000	$4,685	60.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$783,000	$303	3.8%	$886,000	$330	4.6%	$836,000	$311	4.0%
Administration:	$2,816,000	$1,090	13.6%	$2,539,000	$947	13.1%	$2,935,000	$1,092	14.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,837,000	$1,872	23.4%	$4,343,000	$1,620	22.4%	$4,508,000	$1,678	21.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,242,000	$481		$1,376,000	$513		$1,415,000	$527
Construction:	$249,000	$96		$206,000	$77		$284,000	$106
Total Other:	$64,000	$25		$61,000	$23		$50,000	$19
Interest on Debt:	$1,261,000	$488		$1,334,000	$498		$1,432,000	$533

Total Salary:	$10,565,000	$4,089		$10,677,000	$3,982		$11,591,000	$4,314
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,151,000	$2,767	67.7%	$7,258,000	$2,707	68.0%	$7,851,000	$2,922	67.7%
Other Salary:	$3,414,000	$1,321	32.3%	$3,419,000	$1,275	32.0%	$3,740,000	$1,392	32.3%
Total Benefit:	$6,811,000	$2,636		$5,935,000	$2,214		$6,363,000	$2,368
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,766,000	$1,844	70.0%	$4,077,000	$1,521	68.7%	$4,428,000	$1,648	69.6%
Other Benefit:	$2,045,000	$791	30.0%	$1,858,000	$693	31.3%	$1,935,000	$720	30.4%

* Griffith Public Schools was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.