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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Flint Lake Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALPARAISO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181197000163
Flint Lake Elementary School
4106 N Calumet Ave, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · (219) 531-3160 · Porter County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
224 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
52.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
66.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Flint Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #192 of 983 | #16 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #170 of 986 | #15 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #201 of 986 | #14 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #424 of 1,079 | #6 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #307 of 991 | #7 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #345 of 996 | #10 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #559 of 597 | #20 of 21 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
476
-9 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 18.0:1
% White
63%
was 74%
% Hispanic
17%
was 10%
% Black
11%
was 8%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 476 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 47% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 35.1 | 13.4:1 | 43% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 30.2 | 15.7:1 | 43% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 41% (200) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flint Lake Elementary School.
About Flint Lake Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Valparaiso, Indiana, Flint Lake Elementary School is part of Valparaiso Community Schools. It enrolls 476 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Flint Lake Elementary School reports to Valparaiso Community Schools, which has 11 schools and 6,325 students.
More than half of enrollment at Flint Lake Elementary School is White: 63%. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. Porter County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Flint Lake Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 47% at Flint Lake Elementary School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Porter County is 34%.
In Indiana, Flint Lake Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.2% compared with a predicted 42.2%.
For the population of Porter County, median household income comes to about $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Porter County's 55 public schools enroll about 25,813 students and include Flint Lake Elementary School.
About 1.5 miles separate Flint Lake Elementary School from the closest public school, Cooks Corners Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Flint Lake Elementary School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 485 to 476, a small change. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which fell from 74% to 63%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
On allk12, people connected to Flint Lake Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Valparaiso Community Schools
- 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
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Other schools in Valparaiso
- 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
- Boone Grove High SchoolHigh · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Cooks Corners Elementary School1.5 mi · 487
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.5 mi · 285
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School1.6 mi · 632
- Valparaiso High School1.8 mi · 2,089
- Northview Elementary School2.1 mi · 276
- Parkview Elementary School2.4 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Flint Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Flint Lake Elementary School?
Flint Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Flint Lake Elementary School serve?
Flint Lake Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Flint Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Flint Lake Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Flint Lake Elementary School?
At Flint Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Flint Lake Elementary School public or private?
Flint Lake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Valparaiso Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.