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Benjamin Banneker Elementary School
(219) 977-2116
1912 W 23rd Ave
Gary, IN 46404
Level: K-6
District: Gary Community School District

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Cenus Info	Value	Year
White, non-Hispanic:	0.2%	(2006)
Black, non-Hispanic:	99.41%	(2006)
Hispanic:	0.2%	(2006)
Asian/Pacific Islander:	0.2%	(2006)
Native American or Native Alaskan:	0%	(2006)
Student Teacher Ratio:	23.8%	(2006)
Percent Free and Reduced Price Lunch:	40.55%	(2006)

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Benjamin Banneker Elementary School Ratings Summary

Average Quality Rating	5
Average Principals Rating	5
Average Teachers Rating	4
Average Activities Rating	4
Average Parents Rating	5
Average Safety Rating	5

Benjamin Banneker Elementary School Reviews


Posted By: parent Quality Score: 1 2008-08-09 “Not impressed --alot of emphasis on memorization and regurgitation not learning concepts. My son was here for three years and I am looking elsewhere.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2008-06-26 “Banneker is outstanding. The students want to achieve. The principal, Sarah Givens, is always available and present to the students. They teach the students not only the basic, but time arrival, respect and much more. The ISTEPS scores are always in the upper 90 percentile. I am very proud that my child have been attending this school for the last 3 years, Ericka Brown, mother” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2005-05-18 “This school has a great amount of academic programs. Banneker also has very good activities for the children to get involved in. The parents at this school are very concerned and caring.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2005-01-29 “The school is great, sometimes i sound like my son when i say that at times there's just too much homework. In the long run, it will all be for a good cause. There's always something that my child is being exposed to, that he would have never received at another public school.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: decline 2004-10-25 “I am very happy that this school has had the success it has had but if you consider they only accept children who are at or above their grade level, the success is not that surprising. There are lots of gifted children in Gary and if you put them in the same school, that school's scores go up, the other school's average goes down because you do not have the high acheivers scores to balance out.” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 5 2004-09-12 “This school is a wonderful school. It is really like a diamond in the mist of turmoil. Nevertheless, I am not a parent but I am a former student. I graduated from this school and I am now a freshman at one of Chicago's top schools and it is all due to Banneker. I would recommend any gifted child to attend.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2004-05-10 “I currently have three children who attend Banneker school. The children at Banneker work at least one grade level above the grade in which they are. Academic pep rallys are held in which children receive trophies for their achievement during the year, and cheer for each other. The halls are lined with photographs of particpants in every extracurricular activity, and newspaper articles on the children. There are educational displays from the teachers' travels to exotic locations: Egypt, Japan, England and the Bahamas. Students are taught the importance of citizenship, self-esteem and hard work. The principal is a caring, workaholic who is there to greet the children when they arrive in the morning and is still at the school until 5pm or later to attend the evening events or to work on other issues. This is an excellent school. Just look at the ISTEP scores.”

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