Chesterton Senior High School

Chesterton Senior High School is a high-enrollment high school in Chesterton, Indiana, under Duneland School Corporation. It teaches 1,937 students in grades 9 through 12. It has 137% more students than the average for high schools in Indiana (about 816).

District-wide, Duneland School Corporation has 11 schools and 5,732 students.

The largest group at Chesterton Senior High School is White students, at 78%. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chesterton Senior High School scores 37%.

With 112.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana. Roughly 24% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Porter County average 34%.

Looking at the county, Porter County, median household income comes to about $87,972, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 55, with about 25,813 students.

Westchester Middle School sits about 0.7 miles from Chesterton Senior High School. Chesterton Senior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Chesterton Senior High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Chesterton Senior High School had a net loss of 147 students, or 7%. The school's ratio dropped from 20.4:1 to 17.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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