NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IN

Best-Resourced Schools in Munster, IN

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5 public K-12 schools in Munster from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
4,101
Students
51.2/100
Avg Resource Index
18.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Munster has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Munster High School enrolls 35.9% of Munster's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Munster's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Munster's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 89th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 17-point gap between Frank H Hammond Elementary School and Wilbur Wright Middle School measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 54%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
23rd percentile

Munster High School accounts for 35.9% of all Munster public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Munster-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Munster school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities

Munster school enrollment ranges from 463 students (lowest) to 1,474 students (highest), a spread of 1,011 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Munster operates one school district — a single-district system

Munster's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Munster student-teacher ratio is 18.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Frank H Hammond Elementary School 59
2. James B Eads Elementary School 58
3. Ernest R Elliott Elementary School 51
4. Munster High School 46
5. Wilbur Wright Middle School 42

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Munster

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 James B Eads Elementary School 70.4/100
  2. 2 Munster High School 67.6/100
  3. 3 Wilbur Wright Middle School 64.7/100
  4. 4 Frank H Hammond Elementary School 63.7/100
  5. 5 Ernest R Elliott Elementary School 57.7/100

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Which Munster school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Frank H Hammond Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Munster schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Munster, IN? ▼

Munster has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,101 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.