Boone Grove Elementary School

Boone Grove Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school in Boone Grove, Indiana, overseen by Porter Township School Corp. The school enrolls 198 students in grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 436.

Porter Township School Corp comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,509 students; Boone Grove Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Boone Grove Elementary School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Boone Grove Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Boone Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 53.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Porter County) records 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%. In all, Porter County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students), of which Boone Grove Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Boone Grove Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boone Grove Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 187 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.