LaPorte High School

LaPorte High School is an unified-grade school of substantial scale in LaPorte, Indiana, overseen by La Porte Community School Corp, educateing 1,807 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 531 students each, so LaPorte High School sits 240% above that benchmark.

La Porte Community School Corp runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,089 students. LaPorte High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LaPorte High School records that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LaPorte High School shows 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 24.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at LaPorte High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, LaPorte County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for LaPorte County shows median household earnings sit near $71,055, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across LaPorte County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), LaPorte High School is one campus in the mix.

Handley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LaPorte High School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LaPorte High School has fell 12%, going from 2,056 students in 2018 to 1,807 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 72%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the LaPorte High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.