Editing Gary, Indiana (section)

==Education==
Three school districts serve the city, and multiple charter schools are located within the city.

===Public schools===
Most areas of Gary are within the [[Gary Community School Corporation]].<!--UNI 03870--> Other areas within the city are administered by [[Lake Ridge Schools Corporation]]<!--UNI
05460-->,<ref name=LakeCoSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18089_lake/DC20SD_C18089.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lake County, IN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=1 (PDF p. 2/3)|access-date=2024-08-26}}</ref> which is the school system for the Black Oak neighborhood and unincorporated Calumet Township. Due to annexation law, Black Oak residents retained their original school system and were not required to attend Gary public schools. In 1927, it was mandated that Black students attend a separate high school.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sdunzik|first=Jennifer|title=A State-By-State History of Race and Racism in the United States|publisher=Greenwood|year=2018|isbn=978-1440856006|location=Santa Barbara, California|pages=283–288}}</ref> A few parts of Gary to the southeast are in the [[River Forest Community School Corporation]].<!--UNI 04620--><ref name=LakeCoSDMap2020/>

===Charter schools===
[[Charter schools]] in Indiana, including those in Gary, are granted charters by one of a small number of chartering institutions. Indiana charter schools are generally managed in cooperation between the chartering institution, a local board of parents and community members, salaried school administrators, and a management company. [[Gary Charter Schools|Charter schools in Gary]] as of 2011 include Thea Bowman Leadership Academy, Charter School of the Dunes, Gary Lighthouse Charter School (formerly Blessed Sacrament Parish and Grade School), and 21st Century Charter.

===Higher education===
[[File:IUN Campus Commons Autumn reduced.JPG|thumb|[[Indiana University Northwest]]]]
Gary is home to two regional state college campuses:
*[[Indiana University Northwest]]
*[[Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana|Ivy Tech Community College Northwest]]