Bailly Elementary School

Bailly Elementary School is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Chesterton, Indiana, one of the schools within Duneland School Corporation, with 374 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Duneland School Corporation runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,732 students. Bailly Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bailly Elementary School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bailly Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Bailly Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Porter County) shows that median household earnings sit near $87,972, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bailly Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Porter County (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students).

Westchester Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bailly Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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