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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46304

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At a glance

Schools

5,920

Students

Districts

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:

Zip code 46304, covering Chesterton and the surrounding Duneland area of Porter County, has 11 schools serving about 5,920 students in grades K-12: five elementary schools, four middle schools, one high school, and one alternative online school. Ten of the 11 are in Duneland School Corporation, which ranks 40th of 374 Indiana districts (89th percentile, 4 stars), while Discovery Charter School is its own district, ranked 99th of 374 (74th percentile, 4 stars).

The strongest tier here is middle school. Liberty Middle School ranks 6th of 486 middle schools statewide (99th percentile, 5 stars) and has held 6th place for three years, with ELA 71.43 and Math 64.52. Westchester Middle School ranks 10th of 486 (98th percentile, 5 stars), with equally strong ELA (71.00) and higher Biology End-of-Course (90.91) but weaker math (58.45, below the district's 65.62). At the high school level, Chesterton Senior High School ranks 30th of 415 (93rd percentile, 5 stars), graduates 99.1% of students versus the state's 89.7%, and posts SAT scores far above state averages, though its Biology End-of-Course (49.50) trails the district. Among elementaries, Brummitt Elementary School (76th of 1,015; Math 76.30) and Liberty Elementary School (88th of 1,015; Math 73.30) lead, while Bailly Elementary School has lower ELA at 53.02.

Northwest Indiana Online School faces the biggest challenges, with math at 16.07 across all grades, SAT Math at 10, and chronic absenteeism of 37.6% — though its 94.8% graduation rate beats the state. Most other schools keep absenteeism below the state's 16.7%, with exceptions at Chesterton High (18.7%) and Discovery Charter (17.4%). Science slipped at Liberty Elementary, Brummitt, and Discovery Charter. Spending does not track neatly with results: Bailly spends the most ($13,753) with weaker ELA, while Liberty Middle achieves top results at $12,366. Some figures, such as Westchester Middle's absenteeism and per-student spending, are not listed and should be read as unknown rather than poor.

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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
Discovery Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	800 Canonie Dr	Porter	46304	Porter County	Discovery Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 983-9800	536	34	15.7	39.7%	343 (64.0%)	41 (7.6%)	99 (18.5%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.5%)	71.1	277^th of 1015 public elementary schools	72.7%		71.7	268^th of 1005 public elementary schools	73.3%	9			59.7	45.3	71.9	39.1	43.2	60.0	53.5	71.9	48.4	50.9	28.3	34.1	28.6	45.9	53.1	37.0	46.4	80.7		$8,602	$666	$7,937
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
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

Cities Near Zip Code 46304

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Chesterton	0.51 mi	9	104^th
Porter	1.93 mi	2	105^th
Valparaiso	5.11 mi	24	59^th
Michigan City	6.17 mi	14	364^th
Portage	6.43 mi	12	344^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.