Total enrollment
6,073
-1,041 (-15%) vs SY 2017-18
10 schools in Portage
Indiana · Public K-12
For a city in Indiana, Portage carries 10 public K-12 campuses, with combined enrollment of about 6,073 students and an average school size near 607.
7-year change in Portage
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
10
0 (0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
49%
was 57%
% Hispanic
28%
was 24%
% Black
17%
was 13%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| Name | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | KG-05 | 409 |
| Crisman Elementary School | Elementary | KG-05 | 343 |
| Ethel R Jones Elementary School | Elementary | PK-05 | 363 |
| George L Myers Elementary School | Elementary | KG-05 | 332 |
| Neighbors' New Vistas High School | High | 09-12 | 139 |
| Portage High School | High | 09-12 | 2,163 |
| Rowena Kyle Elementary School | Elementary | KG-05 | 437 |
| Wallace Aylesworth Elementary | Elementary | KG-05 | 401 |
| William Fegely Middle School | Middle | 06-08 | 566 |
| Willowcreek Middle School | Middle | 06-08 | 920 |
About Portage
Portage is an average-sized Indiana city in terms of public-school footprint, with 10 schools and 6,073 students total.
For a sense of the school types, the city is made up of 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 607, higher than the state mean of about 549.
Looking at the last 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 15%: 7,114 students in SY 2017-18 versus 6,073 in SY 2024-25. On the demographic side, White enrollment moved from 57% to 49% over the same window.
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