LaPorte Juvenile Correctional

LaPorte Juvenile Correctional is a very small high school in LaPorte, Indiana, under Indiana Department of Correction. The school covers grades 5 through 12 and reported 50 students in 2023-24. That puts enrollment 94% below the 816-student average for high schools in Indiana.

Indiana Department of Correction counts 376 students in its 3 schools, and LaPorte Juvenile Correctional is one of them.

More than half of the students at LaPorte Juvenile Correctional are White (54%). Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Black, 14% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In LaPorte County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.

The school's 8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.4:1. High schools in Indiana average 16.6:1, 12.2 more students per teacher than here.

For LaPorte County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $71,055, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 38 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,515, LaPorte Juvenile Correctional among them.

F Willard Crichfield Elementary, about 1.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around LaPorte Juvenile Correctional as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

The school counted 31 students in 2017-18 and 50 in 2023-24. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Black enrollment as a share of the school dropped from 32% to 26%. From 2017-18 to 2023-24, the ratio increased from 2.2:1 to 6.3:1.

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