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Portage Township Schools

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Portage Township Schools is located in north Indiana. Portage Township Schools has 35.58 square miles of land area and 2.06 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Portage Township Schools population is 47,188. Portage Township Schools median household income is $53,467 in 2010-2014. Portage Township Schools median house value is $131,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Portage Township Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (215 out of 289, bottom 26%) Elementary/Middle School: (64 out of 289, top 22%)* Rank: #144
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	47,188 (2010-2014), rank #33
Population Growth	0.07% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,253.77/sq mi, rank #33
Median Household Income:	$53,467 at 2010-2014—0.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #92
Median House Price:	$131,200 at 2010-2014—3.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #85
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	35.58 sq mi, rank #250
Water Area:	2.06 sq mi (5.47%), rank #61
State:	Indiana
County:	Porter County
City:	Hobart, Portage, Valparaiso, South Haven, Ogden Dunes
Zip:	46342, 46368, 46385, 46304
Area:	Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI

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Portage Township Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

6240 Us Hwy 6

Portage IN, 46368, Porter County

Phone: 219-762-6511

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,951	8,096	8,065	8,309	8,356	8,476	8,543
English Language Learner Students:	189	177	155	153	173	192	222
Total Teachers:	407.01	407.00	428.75	389.00	402.00	407.00	405.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	30.66	29.83	12.18	13.00	21.00	22.00	21.00
Elementary:	186.64	187.28	288.80	188.00	196.00	199.00	198.00
Secondary:	189.71	189.89	127.77	188.00	185.00	186.00	186.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	413.00	456.50	466.00	336.00	467.00	448.00	458.00
Instructional Aides:	48.00	53.50	59.00	NA	100.00	96.00	92.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	16.00	15.00	15.00	12.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	9.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	9.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	11.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
District Administrators:	3.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	8.00
School Administrators:	20.00	20.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	20.00
School Administrative Support:	49.00	49.00	48.00	49.00	51.00	47.00	49.00
Student Support Services:	52.00	66.00	71.00	NA	15.00	14.00	11.00
Other Support Services:	201.00	221.00	221.00	224.00	248.00	238.00	243.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.54	19.89	18.81	21.36	20.79	20.83	21.09

Schools

Central Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2825 Russell St, Portage IN 46368
Crisman Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	6161 Old Porter Rd, Portage IN 46368
Ethel R Jones Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2374 Mccool Rd, Portage IN 46368
George L Myers Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	3100 Willowdale, Portage IN 46368
Paul Saylor Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	331 Midway, Valparaiso IN 46383
Portage High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6450 Us Hwy 6, Portage IN 46368
Rowena Kyle Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2701 Hamstrom Rd, Portage IN 46368
South Haven Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	395 West Midway Dr, Valparaiso IN 46383
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	5910 Central Ave, Portage IN 46368
William Fegely Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	5384 Stone Ave, Portage IN 46368
Willowcreek Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	5962 Central Ave, Portage IN 46368

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ECA Test
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72%	61%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76.3%	72.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77.0%	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	43%	37%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	50.5%	46.9%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	51.5%	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	67%	63%
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	74.5%	71.9%
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	81.9%	N/A
ISTEP+ Test
2005	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	66%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	61%	67%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	56%	64%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	63%	64%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	64%	65%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	66%	66%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	64%	65%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62%	64%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	67%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	70%	70%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	74%	71%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	75%	71%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	79%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	75%	69%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	76%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	88%	78%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	73%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	74%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	78%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84%	80%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	80%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	72%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84%	76%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	82%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	57%	54%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	58%	58%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	59.9%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	76%	70%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	71%	67%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	76%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	69%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	73%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	78%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	62%	57%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	66%	64%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	71%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67%	65%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	76%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	71%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	73%	65%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	78%	69%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	72%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	73%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	74%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	66%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	72%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	77%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80%
2005	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	67%	66%
2006	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	65%	67%
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	64%	66%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	70%	67%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	75%	70%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$83,794,000	$10,390		$85,503,000	$10,290		$96,398,000	$11,536
Federal:	$4,425,000	$549	5.3%	$4,339,000	$522	5.1%	$7,194,000	$861	7.5%
State:	$58,157,000	$7,211	69.4%	$57,043,000	$6,865	66.7%	$55,622,000	$6,657	57.7%
Local:	$21,212,000	$2,630	25.3%	$24,121,000	$2,903	28.2%	$33,582,000	$4,019	34.8%
Total Expenditures:	$76,700,000	$9,510		$77,106,000	$9,280		$77,386,000	$9,261
Total Current Expenditures:	$64,495,000	$7,997		$61,370,000	$7,386		$63,041,000	$7,544
Instructional Expenditures:	$34,777,000	$4,312	53.9%	$33,320,000	$4,010	54.3%	$34,850,000	$4,171	55.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,042,000	$501	6.3%	$3,512,000	$423	5.7%	$3,381,000	$405	5.4%
Administration:	$7,236,000	$897	11.2%	$6,924,000	$833	11.3%	$7,215,000	$863	11.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,440,000	$2,286	28.6%	$17,614,000	$2,120	28.7%	$17,595,000	$2,106	27.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,878,000	$605		$5,823,000	$701		$5,308,000	$635
Construction:	$1,038,000	$129		$1,779,000	$214		$583,000	$70
Total Other:	$195,000	$24		$1,024,000	$123		$1,459,000	$175
Interest on Debt:	$3,061,000	$380		$3,349,000	$403		$3,476,000	$416

Total Salary:	$35,201,000	$4,365		$35,387,000	$4,259		$35,934,000	$4,300
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$22,458,000	$2,785	63.8%	$22,299,000	$2,684	63.0%	$22,834,000	$2,733	63.5%
Other Salary:	$12,743,000	$1,580	36.2%	$13,088,000	$1,575	37.0%	$13,100,000	$1,568	36.5%
Total Benefit:	$19,682,000	$2,440		$17,358,000	$2,089		$19,016,000	$2,276
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$11,846,000	$1,469	60.2%	$10,464,000	$1,259	60.3%	$11,475,000	$1,373	60.3%
Other Benefit:	$7,836,000	$972	39.8%	$6,894,000	$830	39.7%	$7,541,000	$902	39.7%

* Portage Township Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.