Overview of Steel City Academy: Steel City Academy is a charter school situated in Gary, IN, which is in a small city environment. The learner population of Steel City Academy is 443, and the school serves K-11. At Steel City Academy, 7% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 38% scored above or at that level for reading.

The school’s minority learner population is 99%.

The learner population is made up of 51% female learners and 49% male learners. The school serves 100% economically disadvantaged learners. There is no data on the number of equivalent full-time teachers.

Test Scores at Steel City Academy: At Steel City Academy, 7% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 38% scored above or at that level for reading.

Juxtaposed with the district, the school did about the same in math and about the same in reading, according to this measure. In Steel City Academy, 38% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 7% tested above or at that level for math.

Steel City Academy did worse in math and worse in reading in this measure juxtaposed with learners around the state. In Indiana, 62% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 57% tested above or at that level for math.