Regular local school district · Porter County
Portage Township Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
Portage Township Schools runs 11 public schools with 6,519 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 6,519
- Teachers (FTE)
- 406
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6240 US Hwy 6, Portage, IN 46368
- Phone
- (219)762-6511
- County
- Porter County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1809150
- State district ID
- IN-6550
- Total staff (FTE)
- 743
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 3,260 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,046), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $81.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.0 million
- State revenue
- $53.7 million
- Local revenue
- $22.7 million
- Total spending
- $85.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,075
- Salaries
- $38.0 million44.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $49.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.1%
- State: 66.0%
- Local: 27.9%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,075
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in Portage Township Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 409 | 16.4 |
| Crisman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 343 | 14.3 |
| Ethel R Jones Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 363 | 17.3 |
| George L Myers Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 332 | 15.1 |
| Paul Saylor Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 274 | 16.1 |
| Portage High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,163 | 17.6 |
| Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 437 | 18.2 |
| South Haven Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 311 | 14.8 |
| Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 401 | 15.4 |
| William Fegely Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 566 | 12.6 |
| Willowcreek Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 920 | 16.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Porter County
- Valparaiso Community Schools 6,325 students
- Duneland School Corporation 5,732 students
- East Porter County School Corp 2,275 students
- Porter Township School Corp 1,509 students
- Union Township School Corp 1,386 students
- MSD Boone Township School District 996 students
- Discovery Charter School 536 students
- Neighbors' New Vistas High School 139 students
- Porter County Education Services 0 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.