Merrillville High

School
Merrillville High
Traditional Public School
2,021 students enrolled
Merrillville, IN
 Academics
Stats:
State grade: B
“Approaching Expectations”
Graduates earning a college or career credential:
40.0%
State Average: 68.1%
Meeting college and career readiness benchmarks:
SAT 23.9%
State Average: 45.4%
Honor Society tutors
Subscription for 24/7 online tutoring
 Curriculum
Offer Indiana General Diploma, Core 40 College Prep Diploma, Core
40 with Academic Honors, and Core 40 with Technical Honors
Diplomas.
Standard, honors, and retake options for core classes
Access to many different AP classes, but they are only open to juniors
and seniors.
Lots of different options for both fun and career-focused electives
Journalism, Photography, Ceramics, Auto Mechanics, Construction
Trades, Child Development, Culinary and Hospitality, Band,
Theatre, Sociology, Botany, and more
Offer French, Spanish, and Heritage Spanish as foreign languages
 Finanaces
Per Student Expenditure is $10,242.87
11% of the funding they receive is “needs-based”
Occasionaly receive grants from the Merrilllville
Education Foundation who raise money from
donors and different fundraisers
59.2% of students economically disadvantaged
60.3% of students receive free or reduced lunch
 Educators
A total of 157 educators
There’s a good mix of new and experienced teachers
Local administrators rate all the educators as either
effective or highly effective
84.6% of the educators are white. This is something to
notice because 65% of the students are Black/African
American and 20% of students are Hispanic.
 MASH
Merrillville after-school safe haven
Open 2-6 Monday-Thursday
A place to keep students out of trouble
Offer available licensed counselors
Time to talk to someone, do homework, or sit with
friends
A safe place away from home
Other Resources
A guidance department that offers help with school-
related issues
Licensed school social workers that are available to
students who need help with issues unrelated to
school
Family and Community Engagement Specialists to help
communicate with the families of students to help
solve many different kinds of problems
Student Behavior
In School Suspensions: 26.0%
State Average: 3.9%
Out of School Suspensions: 13.8%
State Average: 5.2%
Crime rates are rising in Merrillville
Safer than 39% of all U.S. neighborhoods
Visitors of the local mall 17 and under must be
accompanied by someone over 21 on Fridays and
Saturdays after 4:00 pm
Visitors under 18 must be with someone 21 or older after
5:00 pm at the local AMC
 Planetarium
Merrillville Community Planetarium
Located inside of Pierce Middle School
Shows are open to students, groups, and the public
Offers educational oppurtunities and things to do in
the community
 Community
Extracurriculars
Merrillville High offers many different extracurriculars
that interact with the community
The theatre department that puts on plays and
musicals
The music department holds concerts of all kinds
Academic clubs that meet with clubs from other
schools
Academic Super Bowl, Robotics Club, Science
Olympiad, and more
 Bibliography
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