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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 4

Newton Yost Elementary School, Porter, IN

Newton Yost Elementary School is a public elementary school in Porter, part of Duneland School Corporation. It enrolled 362 students in 2024-25, with 13.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
362
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
13.9
Grades
K to 4

This school's ratio is 1.7 lower 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 school13.9
District15.6
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
100 W Beam St, Porter, IN 46304
Phone
(219)983-3640
District
Duneland School Corporation
County
Porter County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180280000337
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
131
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
14640.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
118Students 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 Duneland School Corporation

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.