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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Discovery Charter School, Porter, IN

Charter schoolDiscovery Charter School is a public elementary school in Porter, part of Discovery Charter School. It enrolled 536 students in 2024-25, with 15.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
536
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.8. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.8
District15.8
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
800 Canonie Dr, Porter, IN 46304
Phone
(219)983-9800
District
Discovery Charter School
County
Porter County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180008802495
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
185
Reduced-price lunch
28
Free or reduced-price lunch
21339.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
124Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Porter

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.