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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNELAND SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180280000338

Westchester Intermediate School

1050 S 5th St, Chesterton, IN 46304 · (219) 983-3710 · Porter County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Indiana public middle schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats 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 middle schools

Enrollment
404
Middle
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
123 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 519147%
Grade 621353%
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
30576%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
6115%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
174%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
184%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
21353%
Female
19147%

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
62.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
72.3%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Westchester Intermediate School

Westchester Intermediate School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Westchester Intermediate School this school40430.4%64.9%
Westchester Middle School
Chesterton
44833.5%N/A
Lowell Intermediate School
Lowell
48629.4%N/A
Lowell Middle School
Lowell
49830.3%38.9%
Union Township Middle School
Valparaiso
33326.7%60.6%
Boone Grove Middle School
Boone Grove
29228.8%50.7%
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Westchester Intermediate School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn Porter County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
64.9%#12 of 324#2 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
72.3%#4 of 325#1 of 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
62.8%#17 of 325#3 of 10
Enrollment
ranked largest first
404#222 of 334#8 of 11
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.1:1#79 of 314#3 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
40.3%#165 of 315#6 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
30.4%#282 of 330#6 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-21.9%#25 of 187#2 of 7
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25
Enrollment
404
-113 (-22%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 20.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2540430.913.1:130% (123)
2023-2448531.215.5:134% (164)
2022-2347828.616.7:136% (170)
2020-215172520.7:129% (151)
2017-1851725.520.3:136% (186)
2015-165442521.8:131% (166)
2010-115602126.7:133% (186)
2000-016893619.1:114% (94)
1990-916643220.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westchester Intermediate School.

About Westchester Intermediate School

Federal records list Westchester Intermediate School as a middle school in Chesterton, Indiana. A federal count lists 404 students at the school, in grades 5 through 6. Average enrollment for middle schools in Indiana is about 594, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.

Westchester Intermediate School belongs to Duneland School Corporation, a district of 11 schools and 5,732 students.

By race and ethnicity, Westchester Intermediate School is 76% White. It is also 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Porter County is roughly 84% White. By the diversity index, Westchester Intermediate School comes in at 40%.

The ratio of students to teachers is 13.1:1, with 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Westchester Intermediate School is 30%.

Westchester Intermediate School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 54.0% at Westchester Intermediate School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.9%.

Westchester Intermediate School is located in Porter County, where median household income is about $87,972, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 55 public schools in Porter County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,813.

Nearby, Westchester Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Westchester Intermediate School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.

NCES assigns Westchester Intermediate School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 22%, from 517 to 404. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.7:1 to 13.1:1 over the same years.

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Porter County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Westchester Intermediate School
District
Duneland School Corporation
Address
1050 S 5th St, Chesterton, IN 46304
Phone
(219) 983-3710
County
Porter County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–06
Total enrollment
404
Teachers (FTE)
31
Student–teacher ratio
13.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
123 (30%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
180280000338
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Duneland School Corporation
Other schools in Chesterton
Other Westchester Intermediate schools

One other US public school is named Westchester Intermediate. Westchester Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Westchester Intermediate School
What is the total enrollment at Westchester Intermediate School?
Westchester Intermediate School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Westchester Intermediate School serve?
Westchester Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westchester Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westchester Intermediate School is approximately 13.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Westchester Intermediate School?
Westchester Intermediate School reports a student body of 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Westchester Intermediate School in?
Westchester Intermediate School is part of Duneland School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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