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Northwest Indiana Online School

Mostly virtual

Northwest Indiana Online School, a public other school in Chesterton, Indiana: grades k–12, 130 students, 117.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Duneland School Corporation.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
130
Teachers (FTE)
1.1
Students per teacher
117.1
Grades
K–12
Other

More students per teacher than 93% of schools in Indiana

Median 12.9 · 44 schools compared

More students per teacher than 99% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of schools in Indiana

Median 301 · 44 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Indiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Indiana: 41%

38%proficient

+22.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 92% of schools in Indiana

Median 18% · 39 schools compared

53 students tested, grades 3–8 · ILEARN; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Indiana: 42%

23%proficient

+4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 87% of schools in Indiana

Median 8.5% · 39 schools compared

52 students tested, grades 3–8 · ILEARN; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Other · Grades K–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Mostly virtual
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Duneland School Corporation.

Location

Address
601 W Morgan Ave, Chesterton, IN 46304
Phone
(219)983-3743
City or town
Chesterton

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Porter County Education ServicesSpecial educationFree meals for all
K–120—5.0%9.5%
K–124520.04.8%0.0%
21st Century Charter Sch of GaryCharterFree meals for all
K–121,180118.018%19%
K–120———
Steel City AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–122868.921%6.7%
Thea Bowman Leadership AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–1277317.218%11%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 180280002727