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Duneland School Corporation

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At a glance

40^thof 374 Indiana districts▲ 5

Better than 89% of Indiana districts

Elementary 5 Middle 4 High 1 Alternative 1Grades K-12

601 W Morgan Ave
Chesterton, IN 46304·(219) 983-3605·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 89.3% of districts

Schools

5,732

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedLiberty Middle School6^th of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Newton Yost Elementary School up 34 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:

Duneland School Corporation serves about 5,732 students across 11 schools in and around Chesterton, Indiana: five elementary schools (Bailly Elementary School, Brummitt Elementary School, Jackson Elementary School, Liberty Elementary School and Newton Yost Elementary School), two intermediate schools (Liberty Intermediate School and Westchester Intermediate School), two middle schools (Liberty Middle School and Westchester Middle School), one high school (Chesterton Senior High School) and one alternative online school. Duneland School Corporation is ranked 40th of 374 Indiana districts, in the 89th percentile, with 4 stars.

The district's middle schools are its strongest asset. Liberty Middle School ranked 6th of 486 middle schools in 2025-2026, in the 99th percentile with 5 stars, and held 6th place in the two prior years as well. Westchester Middle School ranked 10th of 486 with 5 stars and posted the district's highest Biology EOC proficiency at 90.91%. At the elementary level, Brummitt Elementary School (76th of 1,015, 5 stars) had the top elementary ELA and math results, while Jackson Elementary School (56th, 5 stars) combined the highest elementary science proficiency with the lowest chronic absenteeism at 8.5%. Chesterton Senior High School rose to 30th of 415 high schools with 5 stars, a 99.1% graduation rate, and SAT proficiency of 74.24% in reading and 43.07% in math.

Performance still varies noticeably from school to school. Elementary ELA proficiency ranges from 53.02% at Bailly Elementary School to 72.59% at Brummitt, and Bailly slipped from 92nd to 204th in statewide rank over three years. Chronic absenteeism is below the district's 15.6% and the state's 16.7% at most schools, but Chesterton Senior High School was 18.7% and Northwest Indiana Online School was 37.6%. That online school has a very different profile: 16.07% math proficiency across all grades, 10% SAT math and 45% SAT reading, yet a 94.8% graduation rate, above the state's 89.7%. Some figures, such as Westchester Middle's absenteeism and spending, are simply not reported rather than zero.

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Ranking:

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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)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	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	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			$13,753	$506	$13,247
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			$13,424	$392	$13,032
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	$12,381	$144	$12,237
Jackson Elementary School	Public	K-4	811 N 400 E	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 983-3680	348	24	14.6	22.1%	293 (84.2%)	2 (0.6%)	38 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	91.3	56^th of 1015 public elementary schools	94.5%		97.3	11^th of 1005 public elementary schools	98.9%	45			59.7	78.8					68.8	68.1	84.9					76.1	71.2		71.2			$13,144	$526	$12,618
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			$12,090	$416	$11,674
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		$13,208	$434	$12,774
Newton Yost Elementary School	Public	K-4	100 W Beam St	Porter	46304	Porter County	Duneland School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 983-3640	362	26	13.8	40.3%	256 (70.7%)	17 (4.7%)	62 (17.1%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	85.9	131^st of 1015 public elementary schools	87.1%		81.6	165^th of 1005 public elementary schools	83.6%	34			58.6	65.8					62.3	68.6	65.8					67.1	61.8		61.8			$13,627	$579	$13,048
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		$13,308	$491	$12,817
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	$12,366	$132	$12,234
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	$8,966	$2,746	$6,220
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

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Discovery Charter School	2.49 mi	1	99^th
Portage Township Schools	4.76 mi	12	260^th
Valparaiso Community Schools	6.82 mi	11	10^th
Porter County Education Services	7.07 mi	1
Michigan City Area Schools	7.9 mi	14	277^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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