High Schools in Portage Township Schools

Summary:

Portage Township Schools in Indiana has only one high school, Portage High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has maintained a consistent 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger over the past three years, ranking between 289th and 305th out of 398-431 Indiana high schools.

Academically, Portage High School's performance on standardized tests closely matches the district-wide averages. The school performs better in SAT/Evidence-based Reading and Writing, with 43.45% of students proficient or better, compared to only 15.98% proficient or better in SAT/Mathematics. The school's proficiency rates in ILEARN/Biology are also lower than the district average, at 23.63% proficient or better. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 88.4%, and its chronic absenteeism rate was 17.8%.

In terms of resources, Portage High School had a student-teacher ratio of 15.8 for the 2023-2024 school year and a per-student spending of $12,579. However, the data does not provide information on the school's free and reduced-price lunch rates, which could offer insights into the school's socioeconomic demographics and how they may relate to its academic performance.

District Detail

6240 US Hwy 6
Portage, IN 46368

(219) 762-6511

SchoolDigger Rank:
251^st of 380 Indiana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 6,519

Primary Schools: 8
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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
Portage High School	Public	9-12	6450 US Hwy 6	Portage	46368	Porter County	Portage Township Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 764-6026	2,163	123	17.5	40.5%	1,049 (48.5%)	397 (18.4%)	598 (27.6%)	21 (1.0%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (4.3%)	34.1	291^st of 429 public high schools	32.2%		30.2	305^th of 432 public high schools	29.4%	14	43.5	16.0	23.6	$12,579	$1,194	$11,385

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Neighbors' New Vistas High School	1.94 mi	1	344^th
Lake Station Community Schools	2.35 mi	3	323^rd
School City of Hobart	3.56 mi	6	157^th
Charter School of the Dunes	3.6 mi	1	353^rd
River Forest Community School Corp	3.61 mi	4	322^nd

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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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