
Cedar Lake, IN·Hanover Community School Corporation
The hometown high school of a fast-growing Cedar Lake, and the lone high school in Hanover Community School Corporation.
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Wildcats · Cardinal Red & Columbia Blue · 817 students · Greater South Shore Athletic Conference
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Homes for sale now
7
Typical list price
$695,000
Avg time on market
20 days
Sold in the last year
2
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$234,900
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@cozy.girls.collectiveLiving near Hanover Central HS
Cedar Lake is one of Northwest Indiana's most charming lake towns, built around the largest natural lake in the region. It drew Chicago vacationers by the trainload a century ago, and weekends here still center on the water. The revitalized lakefront, with its walking paths, pavilion, and beach, gives the town a resort feel while everyday life stays refreshingly affordable and low-tax.
Buyers find everything from cozy cottages and updated ranches to newer subdivisions with more space than you would get closer to the city. The location is hard to beat: you can reach downtown Chicago in under an hour, so families get small-town lake living without giving up big-city access. Schools anchored by Hanover Central round out the appeal for families putting down roots.
🏫Founded 1965
The only high school in Hanover Community School Corporation.
👥About 817 students
Grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
🐾Wildcats
Cardinal red and Columbia blue.
🥎Softball state champs
IHSAA titles in 2004 (2A) and 2026 (3A).
🏆Greater South Shore Conference
IHSAA member competing across Northwest Indiana.
🌊Cedar Lake living
Built around the largest natural lake in the region, under an hour from Chicago.
The school
Hanover Central High School traces to the mid-1960s. Construction began about 1965, and the school celebrated its first official graduating class in 1968. It is the lone high school in Hanover Community School Corporation, a district whose roots reach back to the one-room schoolhouses of Hanover Township. Today the school anchors a growing Cedar Lake community and also serves families across parts of St. John, Crown Point, and Dyer.
Hanover Central serves roughly 817 students in grades 9 through 12 with a college-and-career focused curriculum, and the district emphasizes pathways to higher education, the military, or the workforce. The school is recognized in the U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools rankings.
The Wildcats compete in the Greater South Shore Athletic Conference and field a full slate of IHSAA sports. Softball is the program's signature success, with state championships in 2004 (Class 2A) and again in 2026 (Class 3A), when Hanover Central beat New Palestine 6-4 for the title.
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Facts on this page sourced from Wikipedia and the District website. Last verified 2026-07-05.
Listings filtered by the school the MRED listing agent assigned. Roughly 7 in 10 active listings have this field populated; the remaining listings will surface once the school-district boundary pipeline ships. School assignment is not a guarantee. Always verify with the district before writing an offer.
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This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period July 7, 2025 through July 7, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.