Joseph L Block Jr High School is located in East Chicago, Indiana. This school is a public school with grade levels Seventh Grade through Eighth Grade.

There are approximately 475 students at this school. There are 35 teachers. This makes the student to teacher ratio 13 students to 1 teacher. The national average is 15 which means this school has less students in the classroom than most.

There are 285 students in Grade 7, 190 in Grade 8 . Seventh Grade has the highest number of enrolled students. In this school there are 263 male students and 212 female students making the male students exceed the number of female students in this school. The student ethnic body is comprised of 10 white students, 1 asian/pacific islander, 238 hispanic, 226 african american students and 0 native american students. More ...

The student economic level is above average. Only 384 students out of the 475 student population receive free or reduced lunch or 80.84% of the students. This school is not a title 1 school. This means this school did not receive any federal assistance. More ...

This school was tested based on the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP+). Grades 3,6,8,10 were tested. The scale is based on percent of students perfroming at or above achievement level 1. More...