About East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy
East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy is a public school system serving Lake County, Indiana, based in East Chicago. It serves 424 students across 1 schools spanning K–8, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #330 largest of Indiana’s 426 school systems.
Size and structure
East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy enrolls 424 students in 1 schools — an average of about 424 students per school. It serves grades K–8 and ranks #330 of 426 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy, from the NCES Common Core of Data (424 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy employs about 26 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.3:1 — above the Indiana average of about 15.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 47.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Indiana funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Indiana reports school data through the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed (GPS) dashboard — ILEARN/IREAD results, graduation and postsecondary readiness — and in 2026 finalized a redesigned A–F accountability model that first counts in 2026–27. Look up East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy on the Indiana GPS dashboard.
Accreditation status
Indiana public districts are accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education (performance-based accreditation); a school may instead hold accreditation from a state-recognized agency such as Cognia (the former North Central Association). See the Indiana Department of Education.
East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy vs. Indiana
See every Indiana district side by side in the Indiana directory.
Look up East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):