Enrollment
150
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA PORTE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180558001014
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch
460 Evanston Rd, Kingsford Heights, IN 46346 · (219) 393-3116 · LaPorte County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL150 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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
12.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
80 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 20 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 32% smaller than its 4th grade class (34).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within La Porte Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
58.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
81.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 30 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 →
Schools most like Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch this school | 150 | 53.3% | 67.8% |
| Eastlawn Elementary School Burnettsville | 126 | 57.1% | 26.2% |
| Lake Village Elementary School Lake Village | 158 | 48.7% | 39.0% |
| Central Elementary School Valparaiso | 131 | 50.4% | 68.3% |
| Rome City Elementary School Rome City | 183 | 55.2% | 28.9% |
| Tri-Township Elementary School Wanatah | 141 | 48.2% | 40.9% |
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 Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In LaPorte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #69 of 983 | #1 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #31 of 986 | #1 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #136 of 986 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 150 | #1,036 of 1,079 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #514 of 1,058 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #62 of 597 | #5 of 15 |
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
150
-11 (-7%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 150 | 12.5 | 12.0:1 | 53% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 137 | 11.8 | 11.6:1 | 69% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 13 | 10.8:1 | 76% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 161 | 21 | 7.7:1 | 65% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 216 | 16 | 13.5:1 | 68% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 15 | 16.0:1 | 72% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 14 | 20.1:1 | 72% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | 62% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 18 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch.
About Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch
Federal records list Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch as an elementary school in Kingsford Heights, Indiana. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 150 students in pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students, so this school is 66% smaller than average.
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch is in La Porte Community School Corp, a district with 6,089 students across 12 schools.
At Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch, White students make up 73% of the student body. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. That is lower than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 53%.
allk12 grades Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch an A+. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch is 30.0 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Indiana.
Across LaPorte County, the median household income is $71,055, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. LaPorte County is home to 38 public schools and about 15,515 public school students.
The nearest public school is Kingsbury Elementary School, at about 4.5 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 47.8%, lower than Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch's 67.8%.
Federal data place Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch's enrollment dropped 7%, to 150. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 7.7:1 to 12.0:1.
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LaPorte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,917
Census ACS
Median income
$71,055
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Porte Community School Corp
- LaPorte High SchoolCombined · 1,807 students
- LaPorte Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Kesling Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- F Willard Crichfield ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Handley Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Kingsbury Elementary School4.5 mi · 294
- South Central Elementary School6.4 mi · 523
- South Central Jr-Sr High School6.4 mi · 463
- Indian Trail Elementary School6.9 mi · 246
- Kesling Intermediate School7.5 mi · 847
- LaPorte Middle School7.5 mi · 862
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsford Heights Elementary SchWhat is the total enrollment at Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch?
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 150 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch serve?
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch have?
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch?
Student demographics at Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch are roughly 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch public or private?
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by La Porte Community School Corp.
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