Washington Twp Middle/High School

Washington Twp Middle/High School is a four-year high school of small scale in Valparaiso, Indiana, one of the schools within East Porter County School Corp, caters to 456 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

East Porter County School Corp runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,275 students. Washington Twp Middle/High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Twp Middle/High School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Washington Twp Middle/High School logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Twp Middle/High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Porter County put median household income runs about $87,972, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Washington Twp Middle/High School is one of 55 public schools in Porter County (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students).

The closest other public school is Washington Twp Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Washington Twp Middle/High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 494 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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