Chesterton Senior High School

Chesterton Senior High School is a well-populated 9-12 campus in Chesterton, Indiana, one of the schools within Duneland School Corporation. The school instructs 1,937 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 137% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Within Duneland School Corporation, which oversees 11 schools and 5,732 students, Chesterton Senior High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Chesterton Senior High School logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Porter County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Porter County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,972 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Porter County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students), Chesterton Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Westchester Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 2,054 students in 2018 compared to 1,937 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 84% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Chesterton Senior High School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.