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1972–2026 · 52025 Gumwood Road · closed for the 2026-27 school year
For fifty-four years the largest private school in Granger was the independent Christian school on Gumwood Road: Granger Christian School stood at 52025 Gumwood Road as a pre-kindergarten-through-grade-12 college preparatory school. Its founding year is given as 1972 in the school listings that carry a verified school update (PrivateSchoolReview's profile, sourced to the school itself) and in the school's corporate profiles; when it closed, the South Bend Tribune counted "55 years," which counts from 1971 — the two figures stand together, unharmonized: the school's organizational year and its listing year differ by one, and the record reached does not say which the founders counted. The Indiana Department of Education's nonpublic roster carried it as school D310 in the state's scholarship-granting program. Its late enrollment stood at 189 students in the 2026-27 profile drawn from the school's verified update (185 in the NCES return carried by Niche); the directories name Mark Wever as its head of school in its final years, and its interscholastic sports were basketball, soccer, and volleyball.
The end came in a week, in July 2026, and the press of record told it plainly: the school's own website posted the notice — "Granger Christian School will be closed for the 2026-2027 school year" — and the Tribune's account of July 23, 2026, gives the course whole. The announcement was first made to families on Wednesday night, July 22; officials called the closure "completely unexpected." The school's recently hired principal had resigned the previous Saturday; several other administrators left after him; and a significant number of parents then unenrolled their children, and the decreased enrollment numbers led to the school closing. On Thursday, July 23, the school confirmed the closure to the Tribune and said it was helping students and families receive their transcripts to enroll in other schools, and officials told WNDU, the Tribune's newsgathering partner, that they planned to form a committee to "pursue future Christian education in the facility, as well as other community-related activities." As November 2026 stands: the school is closed, its 1972–2026 course complete, and the Gumwood Road facility's future rests with the committee the closure announcement promised. No successor school on the site stands in the record reached.
Sources:
- South Bend Tribune, "Granger Christian School announces closure before upcoming school year," July 23, 2026 (closing ahead of the 2026-27 school year "after 55 years"; the Wednesday-night announcement to families; the principal's resignation the prior Saturday and the administrators who followed; the unenrollments; transcripts; the committee to pursue future Christian education in the facility — reporting with WNDU), read first-hand.
- Granger Christian School, grangerchristian.org (the homepage closure notice for the 2026-2027 school year; 52025 Gumwood Road; the PreK-12 college preparatory self-description).
- PrivateSchoolReview, Granger Christian School profile, 2026-27 (founded 1972; grades PreK-12; enrollment 189; source: verified school update); Indiana Department of Education, SGO Participating Schools list (Granger Christian School, Granger, St. Joseph County, school number D310).
- Niche via Homes.com, Granger Christian School profile (185 students; head of school Mark Wever) — directory strength, attributed in the entry.