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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

F Willard Crichfield Elementary, LaPorte, IN

CEP schoolF Willard Crichfield Elementary is a public elementary school in LaPorte, part of La Porte Community School Corp. It enrolled 459 students in 2024-25, with 17.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
459
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
17.7
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is 2.1 higher than the district figure of 15.6. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.7
District15.6
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
336 W Johnson Rd, LaPorte, IN 46350
Phone
(219)362-2020
District
La Porte Community School Corp
County
LaPorte County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
180558001009
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
93
Reduced-price lunch
10
Free or reduced-price lunch
10322.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
81Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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

Other elementary schools in La Porte Community School Corp

Elementary schools elsewhere in LaPorte

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.