Westchester Middle School

Westchester Middle School is a middle school of small scale in Chesterton, Indiana, part of Duneland School Corporation, hosting 448 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

Within Duneland School Corporation, which oversees 11 schools and 5,732 students, Westchester Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Westchester Middle School reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Porter County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Porter County indicate median household income runs about $87,972, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Porter County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students), of which Westchester Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Westchester Intermediate School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.