Westville High School

Westville High School is one of the small high schools in Westville, Indiana, operated by MSD of New Durham Township, with 409 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Westville High School sits 50% below that benchmark.

Within MSD of New Durham Township, which oversees 2 schools and 908 students, Westville High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Westville High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Westville High School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Westville High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of LaPorte County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westville High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (LaPorte County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,055 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, LaPorte County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), of which Westville High School is one.

The closest other public school is Westville Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westville High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.9%.

Westville High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westville High School has contracted 8%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 6% to 1%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Westville High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.