Michigan City Area Schools

Last updated

Michigan City Area Schools is a school district based in Michigan City, Indiana in LaPorte County. It serves students in Michigan City and several adjacent towns and villages. It operates one high school, two middle schools, and eight elementary schools. Two schools, Elston Middle School and Niemann Elementary School, closed at the end of the 2013/2014 school year.

Contents

In addition to Michigan City, the district, in LaPorte County, covers Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Pottawattamie Park, and Trail Creek. The district covers almost all of Coolspring Township and all of Springfield Township. [1] It also extends into Porter County, where it includes Beverly Shores and the Town of Pines. In that county, the district covers most of Pine Township. [2]

Current Facilities

Career and Technical Education

A K Smith Career Center

A part of the Elston property A K Smith Career Center was built in 1966 [3] and is still serving the community as a career center. It is named after a former Michigan City Area Schools superintendent.

High and Middle Schools

SchoolMascotAddressEnrollment (as of 2009–2010)
Michigan City High School Wolves8466 W Pahs Road1899
Barker Middle SchoolWolves (formerly Crusaders)319 E Barker Road381
Martin T Krueger Middle SchoolWolves (formerly Colts)2001 Springland Avenue408

Elston

Built in 1909 as a high school. In 1924 a junior high school was added to the property. The high school served the community until 1995 when all area high school students began attending Michigan City High School, which, prior to 1995 was known as Rogers. The junior high portion served until 2014. [3]

Elementary schools

SchoolMascotAddressEnrollment (as of 2009–2010)
Springfield Elementary SchoolSharks (Formerly Indians)3054 W 800 N390
Pine Elementary SchoolPanthers1660 County Line Road298
Lake Hills Elementary SchoolLions201 Ferguson Road317
Marsh Elementary SchoolTigers400 E Homer Street274
Knapp Elementary SchoolKnights321 Bolka Avenue401
Joy Elementary SchoolVikings1600 E Coolspring Avenue349
Edgewood Elementary SchoolEagles502 Boyd Circle359
Coolspring Elementary SchoolWildcats9121 W 300 N372

Former schools

Two schools closed in 2014: Elston Middle School and Niemann Elementary School. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: LaPorte County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved December 5, 2024. - Text list
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Porter County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved December 5, 2024. - Text list
  3. 1 2 "Timeline of Michigan City". Michigan City Public Library. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  4. ↑ Chambers, Richard (December 28, 2014). "TOP 14: MCAS closes two schools: Niemann, Elston". La Porte County Herald-Dispatch . Retrieved December 6, 2024.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.