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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180915001518
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary
5910 Central Ave, Portage, IN 46368 · (219) 763-8010 · Porter County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
195 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
29.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
29.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 Wallace Aylesworth Elementary
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Aylesworth Elementary this school | 401 | 48.6% | 25.1% |
| Central Elementary School Portage | 409 | 48.9% | 24.7% |
| Marshall Traditional School South Bend | 400 | 46.8% | 32.2% |
| Crisman Elementary School Portage | 343 | 45.2% | 34.5% |
| Washington Primary Washington | 488 | 48.6% | N/A |
| Kennedy Academy South Bend | 443 | 49.9% | 47.9% |
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 Wallace Aylesworth Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #782 of 983 | #30 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #768 of 986 | #29 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #695 of 986 | #29 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #599 of 1,079 | #11 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #563 of 991 | #16 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #103 of 996 | #1 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #635 of 1,058 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #250 of 597 | #7 of 21 |
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
401
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 49% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 19 | 21.6:1 | 68% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 63% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 67% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 60% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 22 | 23.2:1 | 63% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 29% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 24 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallace Aylesworth Elementary.
About Wallace Aylesworth Elementary
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Portage, Indiana. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 401 students.
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary is in Portage Township Schools, a district with 6,519 students across 11 schools.
White students form the largest group at Wallace Aylesworth Elementary, 45% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 84% of Porter County residents are White. By the diversity index, Wallace Aylesworth Elementary comes in at 69%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 15.5:1, a similar figure. Wallace Aylesworth Elementary reports 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Porter County average 34%.
allk12 grades Wallace Aylesworth Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Wallace Aylesworth Elementary is 41.1%. It actually posts 25.1%, which is 16.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
Census estimates describe Porter County this way: median household income is about $87,972, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Porter County number 55 and enroll about 25,813.
The closest other public school is Willowcreek Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wallace Aylesworth Elementary at 7th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Wallace Aylesworth Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 441 in 2020-21 and 401 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
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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 Portage Township Schools
- Portage High SchoolHigh · 2,163 students
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
- Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Ethel R Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other schools in Portage
- Portage High SchoolHigh · 2,163 students
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
- Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Ethel R Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Willowcreek Middle School0.1 mi · 920
- Central Elementary School0.5 mi · 409
- Rowena Kyle Elementary School1.0 mi · 437
- Crisman Elementary School1.2 mi · 343
- William Fegely Middle School1.3 mi · 566
- George L Myers Elementary School1.3 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryHow large is Wallace Aylesworth Elementary?
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wallace Aylesworth Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wallace Aylesworth Elementary have?
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Wallace Aylesworth Elementary?
Student demographics at Wallace Aylesworth Elementary are roughly 45% White, 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Wallace Aylesworth Elementary public or private?
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Portage Township Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.