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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Paul Saylor Elementary School, Valparaiso, IN

CEP schoolPaul Saylor Elementary School is a public elementary school in Valparaiso, part of Portage Township Schools. It enrolled 274 students in 2024-25, with 16.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
274
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
16.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.1. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.1
District16.1
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
331 Midway, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone
(219)763-8040
District
Portage Township Schools
County
Porter County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180915001513
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
120
Reduced-price lunch
16
Free or reduced-price lunch
13649.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
103Students 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 Portage Township Schools

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.