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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

John Simatovich Elementary School, Valparaiso, IN

John Simatovich Elementary School is a public elementary school in Valparaiso, part of Union Township School Corp. It enrolled 280 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
280
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.4. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7
District14.4
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
424 W 500 N, Valparaiso, IN 46385
Phone
(219)759-2508
District
Union Township School Corp
County
Porter County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
181170002218
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
112
Reduced-price lunch
16
Free or reduced-price lunch
12845.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
96Students 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

Other elementary schools in Union Township School Corp

Elementary schools elsewhere in Valparaiso

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.