South Haven Elementary School

Located at 395 W Midway Dr, in Valparaiso, Indiana, South Haven Elementary School is an intimate elementary-level community that hosts 311 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Portage Township Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so South Haven Elementary School sits 29% below that benchmark.

Within Portage Township Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 6,519 students, South Haven Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, South Haven Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Porter County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Porter County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, South Haven Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 33.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Porter County shows median household income runs about $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. South Haven Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Porter County (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students).

Paul Saylor Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Haven Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Haven Elementary School has shrank 10%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 7% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.