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Boone Grove High School
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Boone Grove High School
Boone Grove High School operates as a modestly sized high school in Valparaiso, Indiana, one of the schools within Porter Township School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 467 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Boone Grove High School sits 43% below that benchmark.
Within Porter Township School Corp, which oversees 4 schools and 1,509 students, Boone Grove High School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Boone Grove High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Boone Grove High School reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Boone Grove High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
In the broader community, Porter County reports that median household income runs about $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Porter County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students), of which Boone Grove High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Porter Lakes Elementary School, around 2.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.
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- Porter Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Boone Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 292 students
- Boone Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 198 students
- Valparaiso High SchoolHigh · 2,089 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Cooks Corners Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Heavilin Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Flint Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Porter Lakes Elementary School2.2 mi · 552
- Boone Grove Middle School3.4 mi · 292
- Boone Grove Elementary School3.4 mi · 198
- Jerry Ross Elementary School3.8 mi · 650
- Winfield Elementary School4.5 mi · 658
- Union Center Elementary School5.4 mi · 386