Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46383

Summary:

The 46383 zip code area is home to 15 schools, including 12 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools, providing a diverse range of educational options for families. The data reveals a mix of high-performing and lower-performing schools, with standout institutions like Heavilin Elementary School and Memorial Elementary School ranking among the top elementary schools in Indiana, while others, such as Paul Saylor Elementary School, struggle with lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism rates.

The data also highlights the significant impact of socioeconomic factors on academic performance, with schools serving higher-income communities, such as Washington Township Middle/High School and Morgan Township Middle/High School, consistently outperforming their peers in lower-income areas. Additionally, the data suggests that smaller class sizes, as seen at Memorial Elementary School and Parkview Elementary School, may contribute to better academic outcomes.

The Valparaiso Community Schools district, which includes several of the high-performing schools in the data set, is recognized as a top-performing district in Indiana, while the Portage Township Schools district, which includes two of the lower-performing schools, is ranked significantly lower. Overall, the data provides valuable insights into the educational landscape of the 46383 zip code area, highlighting both the strengths and challenges faced by the local schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2024)							ILEARN Math (2024)							ILEARN Social Studies (2024)	ILEARN Biology (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paul Saylor Elementary School	Public	K-5	331 Midway	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Portage Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 763-8040	292	17	17.1	74.7%	139 (47.6%)	70 (24.0%)	63 (21.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.5%)	17.1	845^th of 1010 public elementary schools	16.3%		23.5	790^th of 1016 public elementary schools	22.2%	55			18.2	18.8	14.0				17.0	29.6	28.6	27.9				28.7	9.3		$10,937	$1,468	$9,469
South Haven Elementary School	Public	K-5	395 W Midway Dr	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Portage Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 763-8045	281	16	18.1	64.4%	189 (67.3%)	25 (8.9%)	47 (16.7%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.7%)	36.8	662^nd of 1010 public elementary schools	34.5%		36.8	666^th of 1016 public elementary schools	34.4%	4			28.3	31.9	29.3				29.9	50.0	46.8	22.0				40.3	22.0		$11,754	$1,486	$10,268
Flint Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	4106 N Calumet Ave	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 531-3160	474	30	15.6	43.0%	325 (68.6%)	42 (8.9%)	68 (14.3%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.1%)	79.7	185^th of 1010 public elementary schools	81.7%		67.7	330^th of 1016 public elementary schools	67.5%	145			61.1	54.6	48.4				55.5	77.8	57.1	53.2				64.2	40.3		$9,935	$1,075	$8,860
Cooks Corners Elementary School	Public	K-5	358 Bullseye Lake Rd	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3040	470	21	22.1	23.4%	377 (80.2%)	9 (1.9%)	62 (13.2%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	87.9	97^th of 1010 public elementary schools	90.4%		85.8	119^th of 1016 public elementary schools	88.3%	22			53.3	59.5	63.8				58.9	66.2	73.8	58.8				66.4	67.5		$7,590	$489	$7,101
Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-5	1052 Park Ave	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3090	477	22	21.4	24.9%	373 (78.2%)	7 (1.5%)	68 (14.3%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.2%)	97.7	10^th of 1010 public elementary schools	99.0%		97.1	9^th of 1016 public elementary schools	99.1%	1			73.4	79.5	87.6				80.5	77.5	86.8	84.3				82.9	83.2		$7,858	$352	$7,506
Northview Elementary School	Public	K-5	257 Northview Dr	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3100	271	16	16.5	37.3%	218 (80.4%)	12 (4.4%)	36 (13.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	70.5	293^rd of 1010 public elementary schools	71.0%		85.9	117^th of 1016 public elementary schools	88.5%	176			69.4	79.1	32.1				58.1	81.6	79.1	33.9				62.8	32.1		$9,563	$914	$8,649
Parkview Elementary School	Public	K-5	1405 Wood St	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 531-3110	219	16	13.4	49.3%	119 (54.3%)	23 (10.5%)	64 (29.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	79.6	186^th of 1010 public elementary schools	81.6%		79	194^th of 1016 public elementary schools	80.9%	8			60.6	68.0	57.1				61.6	63.6	72.0	42.9				59.3	39.3		$11,520	$1,032	$10,488
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	1700 Roosevelt Rd	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 531-3130	273	15	17.8	45.4%	197 (72.2%)	15 (5.5%)	41 (15.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (5.9%)	88.3	90^th of 1010 public elementary schools	91.1%		86.5	106^th of 1016 public elementary schools	89.6%	16			74.4	72.0	54.6				66.0	82.1	82.0	63.6				75.0	41.8		$10,623	$926	$9,697
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Roosevelt Rd	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3140	640	45	14.3	40.8%	448 (70.0%)	41 (6.4%)	97 (15.2%)	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.9%)	77.8	91^st of 485 public middle schools	81.2%		86.8	52^nd of 489 public middle schools	89.4%	39						41.8	58.3	46.5	48.8				45.9	47.3	44.3	45.8		94.0	$10,582	$153	$10,428
Heavilin Elementary School	Public	K-5	2450 Heavilin Road	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 476-8820	505	30	16.7	13.5%	394 (78.0%)	12 (2.4%)	65 (12.9%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.8%)	94.9	29^th of 1010 public elementary schools	97.1%		89.9	69^th of 1016 public elementary schools	93.2%	40			68.7	76.9	68.3				71.5	85.5	86.8	61.0				78.1	61.0		$8,552	$524	$8,028
Jackson Elementary School	Public	K-4	811 N 400 E	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 983-3680	315	21	14.9	16.8%	265 (84.1%)	2 (0.6%)	42 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	90.1	70^th of 1010 public elementary schools	93.1%		95.5	22^nd of 1016 public elementary schools	97.8%	48			58.7	64.6					62.0	77.8	69.6					73.2			$12,475	$863	$11,612
Morgan Township Middle/High School	Public	6-12	299 S Sr 49	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	East Porter County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 462-5883	435	30	14.7	10.8%	390 (89.7%)	4 (0.9%)	33 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	94.8	7^th of 431 public high schools	98.4%		96.3	7^th of 398 public high schools	98.2%		72.3	49.2				68.8	71.4	60.0	66.7				45.3	53.1	33.9	44.0		79.4	$9,010	$280	$8,730
Washington Township Middle/High School	Public	6-12	381 E Sr 2	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	East Porter County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 464-3598	439	32	13.9	25.5%	375 (85.4%)	7 (1.6%)	43 (9.8%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	92.6	10^th of 431 public high schools	97.7%		94.6	10^th of 398 public high schools	97.5%		70.5	44.3				72.6	71.2	56.0	66.2				52.1	50.9	42.7	48.3		75.0	$9,118	$323	$8,795
Morgan Township Elementary School	Public	K-5	299 S Sr 49	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	East Porter County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 462-5883	359	22	16.3	12.3%	316 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	81.5	165^th of 1010 public elementary schools	83.7%		78.6	198^th of 1016 public elementary schools	80.5%	33			60.7	62.7	55.0				59.7	83.6	57.3	38.3				59.7	55.0		$8,266	$349	$7,917
Washington Township Elementary School	Public	K-5	383 E Sr 2	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	East Porter County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 464-3598	403	22	18.3	28.3%	335 (83.1%)	4 (1.0%)	49 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	56.2	456^th of 1010 public elementary schools	54.9%		70.3	297^th of 1016 public elementary schools	70.8%	159			38.6	42.1	36.1				38.7	51.8	50.9	48.6				50.5	33.3		$7,952	$549	$7,403

Cities Near Zip Code 46383

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Valparaiso	0.45 mi	24	48^th
Chesterton	5.13 mi	8	137^th
Portage	6.47 mi	10	354^th
Hobart	8.42 mi	9	283^rd
Porter	8.89 mi	2	100^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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