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Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Westchester Middle School, Chesterton, IN

Westchester Middle School is a public middle school in Chesterton, part of Duneland School Corporation. It enrolled 448 students in 2024-25, with 17.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
448
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
17.2
Grades
7 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.6 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 school17.2
District15.6
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
1050 S. 5th St., Chesterton, IN 46304
Phone
(708)450-2735
District
Duneland School Corporation
County
Porter County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
New
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180280002797
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
19
Free or reduced-price lunch
15033.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
56Students 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 middle schools in Duneland School Corporation

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.