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Best Public Schools in Chesterton, IN

At a glance

Schools

5,022

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedLiberty Middle School6^th of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Chesterton Senior High School up 18 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Brummitt Elementary School 12.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Westchester Middle School

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Chesterton, Indiana has nine schools — one high school, three elementaries, four middle schools, and one alternative online program — all part of the Duneland School Corporation, a district that ranks 40th of 374 in Indiana (89th percentile) with 4 stars and enrolls 5,022 students. Chesterton Senior High School holds 1,937 of those students (38.6%), middle schools 1,727 (34.4%), elementaries 1,228 (24.5%), and Northwest Indiana Online School 130 (2.6%); median school enrollment is 423.

The middle schools are the city's clearest standouts. Liberty Middle School has ranked 6th of 486 in Indiana for three straight years — 99th percentile, 5 stars — with ELA proficiency at 71.43%, math at 64.52%, Biology EOC at 87.62%, chronic absenteeism of 14.0% (below the district's 15.6%), and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate among Chesterton schools at 23.64%. Westchester Middle School ranks 10th of 486 (98th percentile, 5 stars), posts the highest reported Biology EOC in the city at 90.91%, and does so with a higher free/reduced lunch rate of 33.48%.

Among the elementaries, Brummitt Elementary School ranks 76th of 1,015 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) with 76.3% math and 72.59% ELA proficiency, though science lags at 52.78%; Liberty Elementary School is a 5-star school at 88th but has swung from 166th to 41st to 88th, while Bailly Elementary School has slipped from 92nd to 180th to 204th, with the lowest traditional-school ELA proficiency (53.02%), the highest free/reduced lunch rate (38.24%), and the highest per-student spending ($13,753). Chesterton Senior High School has improved from 50th to 48th to 30th, earning 5 stars, a 99.1% graduation rate, and SAT scores well above state averages, while Biology EOC (49.5%) trails the district. Northwest Indiana Online School looks different: 37.6% chronic absenteeism, 16.07% math proficiency, and 10% SAT math, yet a 94.8% graduation rate that beats the state. Elsewhere, chronic absenteeism is low — Liberty Intermediate School's 10.3% is the city's best.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bailly Elementary School	Public	K-4	800 S 5th St	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 983-3670	374	28	13.4	38.2%	274 (73.3%)	19 (5.1%)	59 (15.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.1%)	78.3	204^th of 1015 public elementary schools	79.9%		80.1	180^th of 1005 public elementary schools	82.1%	24			44.0	62.2					53.0	57.3	73.0					65.1	60.8		60.8			93.6%		$15,451	$456	$14,995
Brummitt Elementary School	Public	K-4	2500 Indian Boundary	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 983-3660	363	29	12.6	28.7%	283 (78.0%)	11 (3.0%)	53 (14.6%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	89.3	76^th of 1015 public elementary schools	92.5%		90.8	69^th of 1005 public elementary schools	93.1%	7			79.4	66.7					72.6	84.1	69.4					76.3	52.8		52.8			92%		$14,951	$92	$14,859
Chesterton Senior High School	Public	9-12	2125 S 11th St	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 983-3730	1,937	112	17.2	24.3%	1,505 (77.7%)	52 (2.7%)	285 (14.7%)	21 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	70 (3.6%)	85	30^th of 415 public high schools	92.8%		79.3	48^th of 429 public high schools	88.8%	18	74.2	43.1																			49.5			$13,944	$48	$13,895
Liberty Elementary School	Public	K-4	50-1 W 900 N	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 983-3650	491	34	14.5	26.1%	357 (72.7%)	9 (1.8%)	96 (19.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.5%)	88.4	88^th of 1015 public elementary schools	91.3%		93.5	41^st of 1005 public elementary schools	95.9%	47			75.5	59.3					67.0	82.7	64.8					73.3	59.3		59.3			92.1%		$13,948	$404	$13,544
Liberty Intermediate School	Public	5-6	50 W 900 N	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 983-3690	452	27	16.6	27.0%	331 (73.2%)	6 (1.3%)	96 (21.2%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)								(n/a)					73.0	66.4			69.3			64.7	59.8			62.0		62.9	62.9	79.7				$13,536	$87	$13,449
Westchester Intermediate School	Public	5-6	1050 S 5th St	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 983-3710	404	31	13.0	30.4%	305 (75.5%)	17 (4.2%)	61 (15.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)								(n/a)					60.9	72.5			66.3			75.1	72.5			73.9		62.2	62.2	66.7				$16,147	$413	$15,734
Liberty Middle School	Public	7-8	651 W Morgan Ave	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 983-3776	423	29	14.5	23.6%	319 (75.4%)	5 (1.2%)	70 (16.5%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.7%)	97	6^th of 486 public middle schools	98.8%		97.2	6^th of 480 public middle schools	98.8%								68.8	74.2	71.4					72.9	55.9	64.5					87.6			$14,941	$48	$14,893
Northwest Indiana Online School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	601 W Morgan Ave	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	Yes	No	(219) 983-3743	130	1	117.1	33.1%	92 (70.8%)	7 (5.4%)	25 (19.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.8%)								(n/a)	45.0	10.0				70.0	46.2	36.4	40.4				50.0	0.0	9.5	16.1			50.0		52.4	75%		$5,473	$70	$5,404
Westchester Middle School	Public	7-8	1050 S. 5th St.	Chesterton	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(708) 450-2735	448	26	17.0	33.5%	336 (75.0%)	14 (3.1%)	62 (13.8%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	26 (5.8%)	96	10^th of 486 public middle schools	97.9%					(n/a)							72.8	69.2	71.0					60.4	56.6	58.5					90.9			$12,015	$48	$11,966

Cities Near Chesterton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Porter	1.93 mi	2	106^th
Valparaiso	5.11 mi	24	34^th
Michigan City	6.17 mi	14	353^rd
Portage	6.43 mi	12	343^rd
Westville	8.71 mi	2	191^st

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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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