Schools – The Gates of St. John

Great communities demand great schools. The Gates of St. John has access to outstanding learning institutions, both public and private, from kindergarten to university, for kids and adults alike.

(Eligible schools listed below include 2011-12 Indiana Department of Education academic performance grade designation.)

Lake Central School Corporation

Kay Trapp Administration Center
(219)365-8507 8260 Wicker Ave, St. John
www.lcsc.us

Hanover Community School Corporation

(All Gates except Magnolia and Rose.)

Hanover Administration Building
(219)374-3500 9520 W 133rd Ave, Cedar Lake
www.hanover.k12.in.us

Crown Point Schools

www.cps.k12.in.us

Most high school students attend St. John’s Lake Central High School and Freshman Center which are together on the same campus at the heart of St. John Township on US 41. (Rose Gate) Those living south of 101st Street in Hanover Township attend Cedar Lake’s Hanover Central High School (All Gates except Magnolia and Rose).

Students in fifth through eighth grades attend Clark Middle School (St. John-Rose Gate), Grimmer Middle School (Schererville) or Kahler Middle School (Dyer), with those living south of 101st Street (Hanover Township) attending Hanover Central Middle School (Cedar Lake-sixth through eighth grades) (All Gates except Magnolia and Rose).

Most students in kindergarten through fourth grade attend Kolling Elementary School (St. John Rose Gate) with the exception of students in Heron Lake and Heron Park who attend Watson School (Schererville) and those living south of 101st Street (Hanover Township) attend Lincoln Elementary School (Cedar Lake-kindergarten through fifth grade) (All Gates except Magnolia and Rose).

In addition, pre-K through eighth grade students can also attend St. John the Evangelist Catholic School or Crown Point Christian School (located in The Gates of St. John), both of which have campuses in St. John.

November 2012, voters in the tri-town areas of St. John Township (St. John, Dyer and Schererville) approved a $160 million construction referendum to pay for renovations at Lake Central High School and reconstruction at Protsman Elementary in Dyer. Both buildings have been using portable classrooms to accommodate their current student populations.

To date, construction crews have already transformed Lake Central’s former cinder and sod track area into the site where a new three-story classroom building will be located. When complete next fall, this building will help ease congestion as the main high school building which was built in the 1960s is renovated and expanded into a state-of-the-art learning institution.

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