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Best High Schools in Zip Code 46385

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At a glance

Schools

2,943

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedValparaiso High School34^th of 415 Indiana high schools

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Biggest riser

Boone Grove High School up 19 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 46385 in Valparaiso, Indiana contains three high schools serving grades 9–12 — Valparaiso High School, Boone Grove High School, and Wheeler High School — with a combined enrollment of 2,943 students across three separate school districts.

Valparaiso High School is by far the largest, with 2,089 students, or 71.0% of all high schoolers in the ZIP; Boone Grove has 467 (15.9%) and Wheeler 387 (13.1%). All three belong to different districts: Valparaiso Community Schools ranks 10th of 374 districts in Indiana (97th percentile, 5 stars), Union Township School Corp ranks 14th of 374 (96th percentile, 5 stars), and Porter Township School Corp ranks 52nd of 374 (86th percentile, 4 stars). Each school stands out differently. Valparaiso leads on scale and on SAT results, with 73.4% ERW and 48.35% Math proficiency in 2025-2026 against state figures of 51.9% and 25.6%, plus a 99.4% graduation rate — though its Biology ILEARN EOC score of 46.72% trails the other two. Wheeler has the lowest chronic absenteeism (9.2%), lowest free/reduced lunch rate (25.32%), highest Biology proficiency (75%), highest per-student spending ($16,325), and lowest student-teacher ratio (12.2). Boone Grove shows the clearest upward rank trend — 136th, then 104th, then 85th — and its Biology score jumped from 32.73% to 68.63%, but its SAT ERW fell to 51.89% and Math to 23.58%, below the state's 25.6%.

Across all three, graduation rates run from 97.7% to 99.4%, well above Indiana's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism ranges from 9.2% to 11.8% against the state's 16.7%. Notably, spending does not track SAT results: Valparaiso spends the least per student ($9,990) yet posts the top SAT scores, while Wheeler spends the most and leads in science and attendance instead. In short, this ZIP is a high-performing pocket, with Valparaiso strong on SAT and graduation, Wheeler strong on climate and science, and Boone Grove gaining ground on rank.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (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/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 Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Boone Grove High School	Public	9-12	260 S 500 W	Valparaiso	46385	Porter County	Porter Township School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 476-3455	467	36	12.9	27.2%	352 (75.4%)	17 (3.6%)	87 (18.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	68.4	85^th of 415 public high schools	79.5%		65.8	104^th of 429 public high schools	75.8%	19	51.9	23.6	68.6	$13,266	$354	$12,912
Wheeler High School	Public	9-12	587 W 300 N	Valparaiso	46385	Porter County	Union Township School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 759-2561	387	32	12.2	25.3%	311 (80.4%)	6 (1.6%)	56 (14.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	80.2	44^th of 415 public high schools	89.4%		83.4	35^th of 429 public high schools	91.8%	9	60.2	28.4	75.0	$16,325	$256	$16,069
Valparaiso High School	Public	9-12	2727 N Campbell St	Valparaiso	46385	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3070	2,089	113	18.4	30.3%	1,521 (72.8%)	100 (4.8%)	324 (15.5%)	50 (2.4%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	92 (4.4%)	83.9	34^th of 415 public high schools	91.8%		84.8	30^th of 429 public high schools	93.0%	4	73.4	48.4	46.7	$9,990	$237	$9,753

Cities Near Zip Code 46385

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Valparaiso	0.29 mi	24	59^th
Chesterton	6.22 mi	9	104^th
Portage	7.75 mi	12	344^th
Boone Grove	8.86 mi	2	67^th
Hebron	8.9 mi	4	179^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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