| Address: | 900 Gerry Street |
| Zipcode: | 46406 |
| Superintendent: | Dr. Paige McNulty |
| Grades: | PreK–12 |
| Students: | 4,770 (2020–2021) |
| Teachers: | 280.98 |
| Staff: | 300.0 |
| Ratio: | 16.98:1 |
Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary, Indiana.
In 2017, Gary Community Corp became the first school system in Indiana involved in a state takeover. Control of the district was transferred from the elected school board and appointed school superintendent to the State of Indiana's Distressed Unit Appeals Board, which placed MGT Consulting and Emergency Fiscal Manager Peggy Hinckley in charge of managing the district.[1] Gary school board President Rosie Washington was quoted as saying "We Have No Power", in the context of the state's takeover.[2] In November 2018, it was discovered that former Indiana Superintendent Tony Bennett, who directed policies that led to the state takeover, has an ownership stake in the for-profit company selected to manage the takeover with the potential to earn $11.4 million.[3] [4]
All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniforms.[5] Starting the 2007-2008 Academic School year, all schools will follow the new "school uniform" policy. The school uniform policy varies for school and grade level, such as color.
All schools are located in Gary.
Gary Community School Corporation, which operates most of the public schools in the city proper.
Traditional high schools:
Middle schools:
Elementary schools:
Early childhood centers:
Ungraded:
| School | Year closed |
|---|---|
| 2008 | |
| Horace Mann High School | 2004 |
| 2014 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2020 | |
| William A Wirt Senior High School | 2009 |
| School | Year closed |
|---|---|
| Alfred Beckman Middle School | 2005 |
| Bailly Middle School | — |
| Casimir Pulaski Junior High School | 2014 |
| Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School | 2015 |
| Thomas A. Edison Middle School | 2003 |
| Tolleston Middle School | 2010 |
| School | Year closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aetna Elementary School | 2005 | |
| Alain L Locke Elementary School | 2006 | |
| Ambridge Elementary School | 2010 | |
| Arthur P. Melton Elementary School | 2006 | |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | 2008 | |
| Black Oak Elementary | 2001 | |
| Brunswick Elementary School | 2016 | |
| Daniel Webster Elementary School | 2016 | |
| Dr Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys | 2018 | |
| Ernie Pyle Elementary School | 2010 | |
| Frankie Woods McCullough Academy for Girls | 2012 | |
| George Washington Carver School | 2006 | |
| Grissom Elementary School | 2014 | |
| Horace S. Norton Elementary School | 2006 | |
| Ivanhoe Elementary School | 2010 | |
| Jacques Marquette Elementary School | 2021 | |
| James Whitcomb Riley Elementary School | 2005 | |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 2018 | |
| John H Vour Elementary | 2010 | |
| Kennedy King Elementary School | 2009 | Now Gary Middle School |
| George Kuny Elementary School | 2010 | |
| M C Bennett Holiness School | 2004 | |
| New Technical Innovative Institute Elementary School | 2018 | |
| Nobel Elementary School | 2006 | |
| School For Life Ministries | 2014 | |
| Spaulding Elementary School | 2005 | |