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Best Public Schools in LaPorte County, IN

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Schools

15,074

Students

Districts

Top rankedF Willard Crichfield Elementary159^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lake Hills Elementary School up 129 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Tri-Township Junior-Senior High School 8.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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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
Renaissance Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4093 W US Hwy 20	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 878-8711	244	17	14.3	27.5%	184 (75.4%)	16 (6.6%)	30 (12.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	66.7	325^th of 1015 public elementary schools	68.0%		60.6	391^st of 1005 public elementary schools	61.1%	66			51.7	53.6	35.5	34.6	54.6	57.9	46.5	48.3	53.6	41.9	65.4	45.5	47.4	50.7	46.4	57.7	51.9	61.3		75%		$9,283	$146	$9,137
Tri-Township Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	11 N Michigan St	La Crosse	46348	LaPorte County	Tri-Township Cons School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 754-2461	143	17	8.6	39.2%	132 (92.3%)	2 (1.4%)	5 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.1%)	17.9	343^rd of 415 public high schools	17.3%		23.4	330^th of 429 public high schools	23.1%	13	41.2	0.0				63.2	50.0	40.0	52.0				63.2	37.5	35.7	46.9		47.4	47.4		15.0			$14,499	$218	$14,280
Tri-Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	309 School Dr	Wanatah	46390	LaPorte County	Tri-Township Cons School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 733-2815	141	11	13.4	48.2%	127 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)	28	737^th of 1015 public elementary schools	27.4%		53.1	474^th of 1005 public elementary schools	52.8%	263			40.9	21.4	32.0				32.8	45.5	28.6	20.0				31.2	14.3		14.3	24.0		100%		$15,884	$1,145	$14,739
Tri-Online Virtual School	Public, Alternative	K-12	309 School Dr.	Wanatah	46390	LaPorte County	Tri-Township Cons School Corp	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(219) 754-2709	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9808 S 600 W	Union Mills	46382	LaPorte County	South Central Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 767-2269	523	28	19.0	39.0%	491 (93.9%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	79.1	195^th of 1015 public elementary schools	80.8%		79.5	187^th of 1005 public elementary schools	81.4%	8			54.1	66.7	36.5	46.6			50.2	77.0	75.4	60.0	46.6			64.5	65.2	49.3	57.0	58.8		86.5%		$11,583	$263	$11,320
South Central Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9808 S 600 W	Union Mills	46382	LaPorte County	South Central Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 767-2266	463	28	16.8	32.8%	402 (86.8%)	2 (0.4%)	51 (11.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	51.7	186^th of 415 public high schools	55.2%		56.7	161^st of 429 public high schools	62.5%	25	47.8	7.3					52.5	44.6	48.7					42.5	32.4	37.7					63.6			$12,784	$144	$12,640
F Willard Crichfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	336 W Johnson Rd	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 362-2020	459	26	17.6	22.4%	387 (84.3%)	4 (0.9%)	44 (9.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	82	159^th of 1015 public elementary schools	84.3%		83.4	149^th of 1005 public elementary schools	85.2%	10			43.9	59.4					52.3	61.0	77.1					69.7	68.8		68.8			88%		$9,864	$285	$9,579
Hailmann Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1001 E Ohio St	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 362-2080	318	20	16.3	50.3%	191 (60.1%)	2 (0.6%)	101 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.5%)	54.9	459^th of 1015 public elementary schools	54.8%		57.5	432^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	57.0%	27			49.4	29.5					38.8	72.3	51.6					61.2	33.7		33.7			91.8%		$10,880	$912	$9,968
Handley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	408 10th St	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 362-2561	366	24	15.5	52.7%	236 (64.5%)	16 (4.4%)	77 (21.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (9.3%)	69.5	294^th of 1015 public elementary schools	71.0%		81.2	171^st of 1005 public elementary schools	83.0%	123			44.6	43.1					43.9	61.5	70.8					65.8	48.6		48.6			81%		$10,679	$847	$9,832
Kesling Intermediate School	Public	5-6	306 E 18th St	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 362-7507	847	63	13.3	49.5%	604 (71.3%)	20 (2.4%)	155 (18.3%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (7.0%)								(n/a)					40.3	38.7			39.5			50.6	45.4			48.0		45.4	45.4	50.3				$12,243	$282	$11,961
Kingsbury Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	0802 W 400 S	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 362-1823	294	17	17.2	32.7%	242 (82.3%)	9 (3.1%)	30 (10.2%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	64.7	346^th of 1015 public elementary schools	65.9%		60.6	392^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	61.0%	46			52.5	45.0					48.7	64.4	60.0					62.2	33.9		33.9			83.7%		$10,882	$289	$10,593
Kingsford Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	460 Evanston Rd	Kingsford Heights	46346	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 393-3116	150	13	12.0	53.3%	109 (72.7%)	4 (2.7%)	25 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (7.3%)	45	570^th of 1015 public elementary schools	43.8%		89.3	89^th of 1005 public elementary schools	91.1%	481			20.7	47.8					32.7	27.6	65.2					44.2	43.5		43.5			97.1%		$12,850	$1,185	$11,665
LaPorte High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	602 'F' St	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 362-3102	1,807	110	16.4	40.2%	1,296 (71.7%)	57 (3.2%)	316 (17.5%)	13 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	120 (6.6%)								(n/a)	50.3	22.5																			44.1			$11,678	$453	$11,225
Riley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	516 Weller Ave	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 362-3235	291	16	18.1	48.8%	200 (68.7%)	7 (2.4%)	52 (17.9%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.6%)	46.2	560^th of 1015 public elementary schools	44.8%		46.8	548^th of 1005 public elementary schools	45.5%	12			34.9	37.5					36.5	39.5	46.9					43.9	42.9		42.9			80.4%		$10,811	$875	$9,936
Indian Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3214 S Sr 104	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 369-9016	246	20	12.3	43.9%	191 (77.6%)	9 (3.7%)	30 (12.2%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.9%)	45.5	566^th of 1015 public elementary schools	44.2%		41.8	600^th of 1005 public elementary schools	40.3%	34			38.9	31.7					35.8	51.9	51.2					51.6	29.3		29.3			82.4%		$13,058	$1,029	$12,030
LaPorte Middle School	Public	7-8	306 E 18th Street	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 324-1370	862	60	14.4	43.7%	629 (73.0%)	19 (2.2%)	142 (16.5%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (7.1%)	64.2	164^th of 486 public middle schools	66.3%		65	154^th of 480 public middle schools	67.9%	10							31.9	48.9	40.6					41.7	39.2	40.4								$10,506	$286	$10,220
La Porte Online School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1000 Harrison St.	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(219) 362-7056	96	1	192.0	36.5%	75 (78.1%)	5 (5.2%)	10 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.2%)								(n/a)	28.6	2.9				8.3			12.1				8.3			12.1		25.0	30.8		8.3			$4,469	$280	$4,188
Little Learners Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	402 Harrison St.	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	La Porte Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(219) 362-7056	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
A K Smith Area Career Center	Public	6-12	817 Lafayette St	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 873-2120	1	15	.0	—	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$5,980	$1,926	$4,054
Barker Middle School	Public	7-8	319 E Barker Rd	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2057	390	34	11.6	69.2%	158 (40.5%)	132 (33.8%)	55 (14.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (10.3%)	32.1	337^th of 486 public middle schools	30.7%		25.8	358^th of 480 public middle schools	25.4%	21							31.9	32.2	32.1					22.7	14.3	18.5								$15,023	$2,438	$12,585
Coolspring Elementary School	Public	K-6	9121 W 300 N	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2073	249	18	13.6	66.3%	113 (45.4%)	85 (34.1%)	32 (12.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.8%)	31.4	707^th of 1015 public elementary schools	30.3%		29	737^th of 1005 public elementary schools	26.7%	30			5.1	23.5	55.6	30.6			28.3	7.7	35.3	58.3	30.6			32.4	14.7	22.2	18.6	27.8		95.2%		$14,433	$2,176	$12,257
Edgewood Elementary School	Public	K-6	502 Boyd Cir	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2079	350	22	15.8	65.1%	105 (30.0%)	167 (47.7%)	33 (9.4%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (11.1%)	22.2	807^th of 1015 public elementary schools	20.5%		25.7	770^th of 1005 public elementary schools	23.4%	37			19.6	38.9	18.0	8.2			20.0	31.4	52.8	20.5	22.5			30.9	22.2	2.0	10.6	33.3		82.4%		$12,518	$2,106	$10,412
Joy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1600 E Coolspring Ave	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2090	416	29	14.2	68.5%	165 (39.7%)	142 (34.1%)	44 (10.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	61 (14.7%)	37.3	647^th of 1015 public elementary schools	36.3%		37.6	643^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	36.0%	4			20.4	49.1	25.0	20.8			28.9	29.6	56.6	44.6	33.3			41.2	32.1	31.9	32.0	21.4		89.8%		$12,809	$2,191	$10,618
Knapp Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	321 Bolka Ave	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2096	407	26	15.5	66.1%	197 (48.4%)	89 (21.9%)	65 (16.0%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (12.3%)	50.9	515^th of 1015 public elementary schools	49.3%		52	484^th of 1005 public elementary schools	51.8%	31			32.0	46.6	24.5	40.0			36.1	50.0	60.3	24.5	41.8			44.4	44.8	43.6	44.3	32.1		78.4%		$12,943	$2,084	$10,859
Marsh Elementary School	Public	K-6	400 E Homer St	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2102	296	22	13.4	68.9%	121 (40.9%)	88 (29.7%)	47 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	38 (12.8%)	24.7	779^th of 1015 public elementary schools	23.3%		33.7	689^th of 1005 public elementary schools	31.4%	90			19.6	36.8	34.5	15.0			25.3	23.5	63.2	31.0	15.0			32.3	18.4	10.3	14.3	17.9		97.4%		$13,296	$2,222	$11,074
Martin T Krueger Middle School	Public	7-8	2001 Springland Ave	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2061	324	30	10.9	77.2%	124 (38.3%)	116 (35.8%)	43 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (12.7%)	17.2	402^nd of 486 public middle schools	17.3%		19.1	383^rd of 480 public middle schools	20.2%	19							22.5	19.6	21.1					15.7	10.1	13.0					86.7			$16,128	$2,228	$13,900
Lake Hills Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-6	201 Ferguson Rd	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(219) 873-2105	345	24	14.3	73.0%	74 (21.4%)	190 (55.1%)	31 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (14.5%)	27.4	748^th of 1015 public elementary schools	26.3%		13.9	877^th of 1005 public elementary schools	12.7%	129			20.3	8.0	23.5	13.5			17.5	48.4	28.0	29.4	40.5			39.4	20.0	29.7	25.8	23.5		97%		$14,849	$2,208	$12,641
Michigan City High School	Public	9-12	8466 W Pahs Rd	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2044	1,506	95	15.8	68.3%	604 (40.1%)	533 (35.4%)	208 (13.8%)	7 (0.5%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	149 (9.9%)	17.8	344^th of 415 public high schools	17.1%		19.2	349^th of 429 public high schools	18.6%	5	28.7	9.4																			22.5			$15,734	$2,129	$13,605
Springfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3054 W 800 N	Michigan City	46360	LaPorte County	Michigan City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 873-2117	312	20	15.9	63.8%	185 (59.3%)	68 (21.8%)	27 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.3%)	27.5	745^th of 1015 public elementary schools	26.6%		25	778^th of 1005 public elementary schools	22.6%	33			23.5	13.5	25.6	37.0			25.6	41.2	27.0	30.8	30.4			32.1	13.5	32.6	24.1	18.0		88.6%		$13,169	$2,207	$10,961
Westville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	207 E Valparaiso St	Westville	46391	LaPorte County	MSD of New Durham Township	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 785-2532	499	32	15.5	43.9%	417 (83.6%)	8 (1.6%)	38 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.0%)	37.9	635^th of 1015 public elementary schools	37.4%		46.5	555^th of 1005 public elementary schools	44.8%	80			31.9	32.5	23.2	35.1			30.5	43.5	32.5	35.4	28.6			34.8	35.1	37.7	36.4	39.0		87%		$10,324	$220	$10,104
Westville High School	Public	7-12	207 E Valparaiso St	Westville	46391	LaPorte County	MSD of New Durham Township	No	No	No	No	(219) 785-2531	409	29	14.1	37.7%	356 (87.0%)	3 (0.7%)	28 (6.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.4%)	62.2	117^th of 415 public high schools	71.8%		80.2	42^nd of 429 public high schools	90.2%	75	57.6	16.7					38.8	53.1	46.6					29.9	27.2	28.4					59.4			$11,888	$200	$11,687
Prairie View Elementary School	Public	K-5	6434 E 700 N	Rolling Prairie	46371	LaPorte County	New Prairie United School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 654-7258	294	19	15.1	44.9%	268 (91.2%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)	70.3	285^th of 1015 public elementary schools	71.9%		87.6	113^th of 1005 public elementary schools	88.8%	172			41.7	65.0	40.0				49.4	52.1	71.7	40.0				54.8	70.0		70.0	50.0		90.9%		$11,236	$441	$10,795
New Prairie High School	Public	9-12	5333 N Cougar Rd	New Carlisle	46552	LaPorte County	New Prairie United School Corp	No	No	No	No	(574) 654-7271	945	51	18.4	34.6%	805 (85.2%)	6 (0.6%)	98 (10.4%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.1%)	76.4	59^th of 415 public high schools	85.8%		69.7	83^rd of 429 public high schools	80.7%	24	67.2	25.4																			62.6			$11,441	$291	$11,150
New Prairie Middle School	Public	6-8	5325 N Cougar Rd	New Carlisle	46552	LaPorte County	New Prairie United School Corp	No	No	No	No	(574) 654-3070	667	35	18.8	40.9%	553 (82.9%)	5 (0.7%)	75 (11.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.6%)	72.1	123^rd of 486 public middle schools	74.7%		81.5	76^th of 480 public middle schools	84.2%	47						41.2	43.3	48.8	44.3				49.3	48.5	35.0	44.6		51.6	51.6					$10,832	$206	$10,625
Rolling Prairie Elementary School	Public	K-5	605 E Michigan St	Rolling Prairie	46371	LaPorte County	New Prairie United School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 778-2018	414	24	17.2	51.2%	327 (79.0%)	6 (1.4%)	55 (13.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.8%)	72.5	261^st of 1015 public elementary schools	74.3%		65.5	333^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	66.9%	72			38.7	55.7	53.3				49.4	58.7	68.6	51.1				58.7	54.3		54.3	52.2		87.7%		$11,247	$500	$10,747

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