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What's the most underrated thing about Kouts Middle/High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
381
High
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST PORTER COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180900001497
Kouts Middle/High School
302 E College Ave, Kouts, IN 46347 · (219) 766-2231 · Porter County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Indiana public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
62 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 17% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
51.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
43.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kouts Middle/High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kouts Middle/High School this school | 381 | 16.3% | 49.0% |
| Northeast Dubois Jr/Sr High School Dubois | 358 | 19.6% | 58.4% |
| Morgan Township Middle/High School Valparaiso | 440 | 12.3% | 53.9% |
| Tri-West Senior High School Lizton | 613 | 20.1% | N/A |
| North Putnam Sr High School Roachdale | 397 | 8.6% | N/A |
| Adams Central High School Monroe | 412 | 24.5% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high 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 Kouts Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #13 of 103 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #21 of 104 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #11 of 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #277 of 392 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #143 of 359 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #288 of 360 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #360 of 373 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #26 of 201 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
381
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 381 | 27.5 | 13.8:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 29.5 | 13.9:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 28.5 | 15.3:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 22% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 24% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 23% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 8% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 20 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kouts Middle/High School.
About Kouts Middle/High School
Kouts Middle/High School is a small high school. Its address is in Kouts, Indiana. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 12, with 381 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in Indiana enroll around 816, and this school is 53% below that mark.
East Porter County School Corp has a total of 6 schools and 2,275 students, Kouts Middle/High School among them.
White students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. It is also 5% Hispanic. Porter County's residents are about 84% White, 9 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. Statewide, high schools in Indiana average 16.6:1. Kouts Middle/High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 16%. Public schools in Porter County average 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kouts Middle/High School lands at B, ahead of 64% of Indiana public high schools.
Kouts Middle/High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 49.0%. Predicted: 64.0%. Difference: 15.0 points.
In the wider Porter County area, 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 Kouts Middle/High School.
Kouts Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Kouts Middle/High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Kouts Middle/High School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 381 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 428.
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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 East Porter County School Corp
- Washington Twp Middle/High SchoolHigh · 456 students
- Morgan Township Middle/High SchoolHigh · 440 students
- Washington Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Morgan Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Kouts Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
Nearby schools
- Kouts Elementary School0.1 mi · 323
- Morgan Township Elementary School5.3 mi · 336
- Morgan Township Middle/High School5.4 mi · 440
- Boone Grove Middle School6.2 mi · 292
- Boone Grove Elementary School6.2 mi · 198
- Tri-Township Jr.-Sr. High School6.9 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About Kouts Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Kouts Middle/High School?
Kouts Middle/High School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Kouts Middle/High School serve?
Kouts Middle/High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kouts Middle/High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kouts Middle/High School is approximately 13.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kouts Middle/High School?
At Kouts Middle/High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Kouts Middle/High School public or private?
Kouts Middle/High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Porter County School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.