High Schools in Duneland School Corporation

Summary:

The Duneland School Corporation in Indiana is home to one high school, Chesterton Senior High School, which serves grades 9-12. This standout school is ranked 48th out of 429 Indiana high schools for the 2024-2025 school year, placing it in the top 11% statewide.

Chesterton Senior High School has maintained a consistent 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three school years, indicating strong overall performance. The school outperformed the Duneland School Corporation average in SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, as well as SAT Mathematics, for 11th-grade students in the 2024-2025 school year. However, its ILEARN/Biology End of Course proficiency rate was lower than the district average.

While Chesterton Senior High School has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 88.4%, its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% is higher than the state's target of 10% or less. The school serves a diverse student population, with 25.34% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and spends $12,381 per student, which is higher than the national average.

District Detail

601 W Morgan Ave
Chesterton, IN 46304

(219) 983-3605

SchoolDigger Rank:
45^th of 380 Indiana districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 5,732

Primary Schools: 5
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN Biology (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	79.3	48^th of 429 public high schools	88.8%		78.9	50^th of 432 public high schools	88.4%	2	69.1	39.5	45.5	$12,381	$144	$12,237

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Discovery Charter School	2.49 mi	1	85^th
Portage Township Schools	4.76 mi	11	251^st
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	279^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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