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The highest-poverty public schools in Porter County, Indiana

Across Porter County, Indiana, 52 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Pine Elementary School leads the list at 73.5%, against a median of 34.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Porter County, Indiana

Top % FRL

73.5%

Median % FRL

34.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Pine Elementary School	Michigan City, IN	Michigan City Area Schools	Elementary	396	73.5%
2	Parkview Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	213	54.5%
3	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	285	52.3%
4	Central Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	131	50.4%
5	Neighbors' New Vistas High School	Portage, IN	Neighbors' New Vistas High School	High	139	50.4%
6	Paul Saylor Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	274	49.6%
7	Central Elementary School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	409	48.9%
8	Wallace Aylesworth Elementary	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	401	48.6%
9	William Fegely Middle School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Middle	566	48.2%
10	South Haven Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	311	47.6%
11	Flint Lake Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	476	47.1%
12	Hebron Middle School	Hebron, IN	MSD Boone Township	Middle	227	46.3%
13	John Simatovich Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Union Township School Corp	Elementary	280	45.7%
14	Crisman Elementary School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	343	45.2%
15	Ethel R Jones Elementary School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	363	43.5%
16	Northview Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	276	42.0%
17	Hebron Elementary School	Hebron, IN	MSD Boone Township	Elementary	462	42.0%
18	Willowcreek Middle School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Middle	920	41.7%
19	George L Myers Elementary School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	332	41.3%
20	Portage High School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	High	2,163	40.5%
21	Hebron High School	Hebron, IN	MSD Boone Township	High	307	40.4%
22	Newton Yost Elementary School	Porter, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Elementary	362	40.3%
23	Discovery Charter School	Porter, IN	Discovery Charter School	Elementary	536	39.7%
24	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Middle	632	39.7%
25	Bailly Elementary School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Elementary	374	38.2%
26	Rowena Kyle Elementary School	Portage, IN	Portage Township Schools	Elementary	437	35.0%
27	Westchester Middle School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Middle	448	33.5%
28	Porter Lakes Elementary School	Hebron, IN	Porter Township School Corp	Elementary	552	32.4%
29	Westchester Intermediate School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Middle	404	30.4%
30	Valparaiso High School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	High	2,089	30.3%
31	Washington Twp Middle/High School	Valparaiso, IN	East Porter County School Corp	High	456	29.2%
32	Boone Grove Middle School	Boone Grove, IN	Porter Township School Corp	Middle	292	28.8%
33	Brummitt Elementary School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Elementary	363	28.7%
34	Washington Twp Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	East Porter County School Corp	Elementary	339	28.0%
35	Boone Grove High School	Valparaiso, IN	Porter Township School Corp	High	467	27.2%
36	Liberty Intermediate School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Middle	452	27.0%
37	Boone Grove Elementary School	Boone Grove, IN	Porter Township School Corp	Elementary	198	26.8%
38	Union Township Middle School	Valparaiso, IN	Union Township School Corp	Middle	333	26.7%
39	Liberty Elementary School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Elementary	491	26.1%
40	Wheeler High School	Valparaiso, IN	Union Township School Corp	High	387	25.3%
41	Memorial Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	434	24.9%
42	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Middle	823	24.5%
43	Chesterton Senior High School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	High	1,937	24.3%
44	Kouts Elementary School	Kouts, IN	East Porter County School Corp	Elementary	323	24.1%
45	Liberty Middle School	Chesterton, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Middle	423	23.6%
46	Cooks Corners Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	487	23.2%
47	Jackson Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Duneland School Corporation	Elementary	348	22.1%
48	Union Center Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Union Township School Corp	Elementary	386	19.4%
49	Heavilin Elementary School	Valparaiso, IN	Valparaiso Community Schools	Elementary	479	18.8%
50	Kouts Middle/High School	Kouts, IN	East Porter County School Corp	High	381	16.3%

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