Editing Gary, Indiana (section)

===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/>