Portage Township Schools

Public school district · Porter County · Indiana · NCES district ID 1809150

Portage Township Schools spent $12,458 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 54% of the other Indiana districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,329). Its 11 schools enrolled 6,519 students in 2024-25; 64.8% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $12,922 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 91% (Indiana: 88.1%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Indiana districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Portage Township Schools in enrollment (6,196 to 7,368 students) and Portage Township Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Portage Township Schools, FY23Lafayette School Corporation $15,504; Anderson Community School Corp $15,276; Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp $13,680; LaPorte Community School Corp $13,549; Goshen Community Schools $13,439; Portage Township Schools $12,458; Warsaw Community Schools $12,365; MSD Decatur Township $12,193; Valparaiso Community Schools $11,533; Union School Corporation $8,477; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.5k7.5k10k12.5k15k17.5kLafayette School Corporation$15,504Anderson Community School Corp$15,276Clark-Pleasant Community Sch C…$13,680LaPorte Community School Corp$13,549Goshen Community Schools$13,439Portage Township Schools$12,458Warsaw Community Schools$12,365MSD Decatur Township$12,193Valparaiso Community Schools$11,533Union School Corporation$8,477State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Portage Township Schools, FY23Lafayette School Corporation $15,504; Anderson Community School Corp $15,276; Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp $13,680; LaPorte Community School Corp $13,549; Goshen Community Schools $13,439; Portage Township Schools $12,458; Warsaw Community Schools $12,365; MSD Decatur Township $12,193; Valparaiso Community Schools $11,533; Union School Corporation $8,477; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.5k7.5k10k12.5k15k17.5kLafayette School Corporation$15,504Anderson Community School Corp$15,276Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp$13,680LaPorte Community School Corp$13,549Goshen Community Schools$13,439Portage Township Schools$12,458Warsaw Community Schools$12,365MSD Decatur Township$12,193Valparaiso Community Schools$11,533Union School Corporation$8,477State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Portage Township Schools, FY23Lafayette School Corporation $15,504; Anderson Community School Corp $15,276; Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp $13,680; LaPorte Community School Corp $13,549; Goshen Community Schools $13,439; Portage Township Schools $12,458; Warsaw Community Schools $12,365; MSD Decatur Township $12,193; Valparaiso Community Schools $11,533; Union School Corporation $8,477; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.5k10k15k17.5kLafayette School Corporation$15,504Anderson Community School Corp$15,276Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp$13,680LaPorte Community School Corp$13,549Goshen Community Schools$13,439Portage Township Schools$12,458Warsaw Community Schools$12,365MSD Decatur Township$12,193Valparaiso Community Schools$11,533Union School Corporation$8,477State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Portage Township Schools, FY23Lafayette School Corporation $15,504; Anderson Community School Corp $15,276; Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp $13,680; LaPorte Community School Corp $13,549; Goshen Community Schools $13,439; Portage Township Schools $12,458; Warsaw Community Schools $12,365; MSD Decatur Township $12,193; Valparaiso Community Schools $11,533; Union School Corporation $8,477; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.5k10k15k17.5kLafayette School Corporation$15,504Anderson Community School Corp$15,276Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp$13,680LaPorte Community School Corp$13,549Goshen Community Schools$13,439Portage Township Schools$12,458Warsaw Community Schools$12,365MSD Decatur Township$12,193Valparaiso Community Schools$11,533Union School Corporation$8,477State median, 1,000+ students $12,329

Where the money came from

$100,982,000 in revenue: 64.8% state, 24.4% local and 10.8% federal. Total spending including $7,700,000 of capital outlay was $101,324,000, or $15,029 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Portage Township Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $65,444,000; Local $24,668,000; Federal $10,870,000; total $100,982,000.
  • State$65,444,000 65%
  • Local$24,668,000 24%
  • Federal$10,870,000 11%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 240 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

6,742 students in 2022-23, 6,588 students in 2023-24, 6,519 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Portage Township Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,742, 2023-24: 6,588, 2024-25: 6,51902k4k6k8k2022-236,7422023-246,5882024-256,519
Portage Township Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,742, 2023-24: 6,588, 2024-25: 6,51902k4k6k8k2022-236,7422023-246,5882024-256,519
Portage Township Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,742, 2023-24: 6,588, 2024-25: 6,51902k4k6k8k2022-236,7422023-246,5882024-256,519
Portage Township Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,742, 2023-24: 6,588, 2024-25: 6,51902k4k6k8k2022-236,7422023-246,5882024-256,519

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-236,742369.018.3
2023-246,588417.015.8
2024-256,519406.016.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$23,353,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,464 per student

Portage Township Schools booked $23,353,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 369 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $63,287 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 94 in 100 Indiana districts with a figure (state median $51,375, 357 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Indiana teacher salary at $54,126 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$22,918,00098.1%
Vocational$363,0001.6%
Other programs$72,0000.3%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $2,896 in 2018-19, $2,919 in 2019-20, $2,999 in 2020-21, $3,288 in 2021-22, $3,464 in 2022-23.

Portage Township Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,896, 2019-20: $2,919, 2020-21: $2,999, 2021-22: $3,288, 2022-23: $3,46401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8962019-20$2,9192020-21$2,9992021-22$3,2882022-23$3,464
Portage Township Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,896, 2019-20: $2,919, 2020-21: $2,999, 2021-22: $3,288, 2022-23: $3,46401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8962019-20$2,9192020-21$2,9992021-22$3,2882022-23$3,464
Portage Township Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,896, 2019-20: $2,919, 2020-21: $2,999, 2021-22: $3,288, 2022-23: $3,46401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8962019-20$2,9192020-21$2,9992021-22$3,2882022-23$3,464
Portage Township Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,896, 2019-20: $2,919, 2020-21: $2,999, 2021-22: $3,288, 2022-23: $3,46401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8962019-20$2,9192020-21$2,9992021-22$3,2882022-23$3,464

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Portage Township Schools scored proficient or above: 28% in math, against 41.3% in reading and 37.5% in math across Indiana. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Indiana, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIndianaStudents tested
Math28%37.5%3,697

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

91% of the 560 students in Portage Township Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across Indiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIndiana
Four-year graduation rate91%88.1%
Students in the class56077,216

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

8 elementary schools, 2,870 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Rowena Kyle Elementary School43717.833.2%Schoolwide program
Central Elementary School40916.444.7%Schoolwide program
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary40115.445.4%Schoolwide program
Ethel R Jones Elementary School36316.940.8%Schoolwide program
Crisman Elementary School34314.341.7%Schoolwide program
George L Myers Elementary School33215.138.3%Schoolwide program
South Haven Elementary School31114.542.1%Schoolwide program
Paul Saylor Elementary School27415.743.8%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 1,486 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Willowcreek Middle School92016.638.6%Schoolwide program
William Fegely Middle School56612.543.1%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 2,163 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Portage High School2,16317.537.0%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Portage Township Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Portage Township Schools

  1. Indiana districts by spending per studentPortage Township Schools ranks 111 of 240 Indiana districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,458).#111 of 240
  2. Every school district in IndianaPortage Township Schools is the number 37 by size of 414 Indiana districts, with 6,742 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#37 of 414
  3. Union School CorporationThe next larger Indiana district: 7,238 students in fall 2022, $8,477 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$8,477
  4. Warsaw Community SchoolsThe next smaller Indiana district: 6,734 students in fall 2022, $12,365 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,365
  5. Compare Portage Township Schools with Union School CorporationEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Portage High School, its largest high school2,163 students in 2024-25, 17.5 per teacher.2,163
  7. Teacher salary spending across IndianaPortage Township Schools spent $63,287 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $51,375); spending, not a salary.$63,287
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Portage Township Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Portage Township Schools?
    11 schools were open in 2024-25 (8 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high), enrolling 6,519 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Portage Township Schools spend per student?
    $12,458 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Indiana median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,329 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $12,922 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Portage Township Schools' money come from?
    $100,982,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 64.8% state, 24.4% local and 10.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Portage Township Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 1,051 of the 7,785 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 13.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Portage Township Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $23,353,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,464 per student. Divided by the 369 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $63,287 per teacher, more than 94 in 100 Indiana districts (state median $51,375). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Indiana teacher salary at $54,126 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Portage Township Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Portage Township Schools scored proficient or above: 28% in math, against 41.3% in reading and 37.5% in math across Indiana. Indiana's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Portage Township Schools?
    91% of the 560 students in Portage Township Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across Indiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Portage Township Schools' NCES district ID?
    1809150. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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