Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNELAND SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180280000332
Brummitt Elementary School
2500 Indian Boundary, Chesterton, IN 46304 · (219) 983-3660 · Porter County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
104 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
75.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brummitt Elementary School
Brummitt Elementary School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brummitt Elementary School this school | 363 | 28.7% | 67.8% |
| Jane Ball Elementary School Cedar Lake | 356 | 27.0% | N/A |
| Washington Twp Elementary School Valparaiso | 339 | 28.0% | 40.8% |
| Lake Prairie Elementary School Lowell | 356 | 27.0% | 68.1% |
| Haverhill Elementary School Fort Wayne | 396 | 28.8% | 69.4% |
| Memorial Elementary School Valparaiso | 434 | 24.9% | 77.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brummitt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #70 of 983 | #8 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #62 of 986 | #7 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #76 of 986 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #692 of 1,079 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #131 of 991 | #2 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #570 of 996 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #930 of 1,058 | #21 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #173 of 353 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 363 | 28.7 | 12.6:1 | 29% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 28.6 | 12.7:1 | 31% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 23.1 | 15.3:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 32% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 19 | 18.4:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 30% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 14% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brummitt Elementary School.
About Brummitt Elementary School
Brummitt Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Chesterton, Indiana. The latest federal count shows 363 students in kindergarten through 4.
Duneland School Corporation operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,732 students.
Brummitt Elementary School is 78% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Brummitt Elementary School's 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 29%.
allk12 grades Brummitt Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.3% for Brummitt Elementary School. The school posts 67.8%, 12.5 points above the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Porter County show that the median household income is $87,972, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Brummitt Elementary School, Porter County has 54 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Brummitt Elementary School to another public school is about 2.1 miles, to Northwest Indiana Online School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 59.8% proficiency; Brummitt Elementary School posts 67.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment rise, from 344 in 2020-21 to 363 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2020-21 to 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Porter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,818
Census ACS
Median income
$87,972
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
25,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Duneland School Corporation
- Chesterton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,937 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Westchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Westchester Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Other schools in Chesterton
- Chesterton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,937 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Westchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Westchester Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Indiana Online School2.1 mi · 130
- Bailly Elementary School2.2 mi · 374
- Liberty Middle School2.2 mi · 423
- Discovery Charter School2.3 mi · 536
- Westchester Intermediate School2.4 mi · 404
- Westchester Middle School2.4 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Brummitt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brummitt Elementary School?
Brummitt Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Brummitt Elementary School serve?
Brummitt Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Brummitt Elementary School have?
Brummitt Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brummitt Elementary School?
At Brummitt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Brummitt Elementary School public or private?
Brummitt Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Duneland School Corporation.
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