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Porter County Career Center School

Serves grades M - M

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1005 N Franklin
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone
(219) 531-3170
District
Valparaiso Community Schools
County
PORTER COUNTY
Type of School
Vocational/technical
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Porter County Career Center School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
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39%
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41%
No Data
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
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16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) Unreported 76.5% 66.7%
Black Unreported 4.7% 14.3%
Hispanic Unreported 16.6% 15.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander Unreported 2.0% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska Unreported 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 31.1% 48.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 27.0% 42.4%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 4.1% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 46,518 6,862,199
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,574.4 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.5% 20.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.8% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 16.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 18,972 2,681,537
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.5% 90.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 42.3% 28.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.9% 15.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.7% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 13.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.1% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.2% 11.0%
$15,000 or less 5.9% 8.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,966 $38,426,000 41.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $506 $3,256,000 3.5%
Staff $412 $2,654,000 2.8%
General Administration $297 $1,910,000 2.0%
School Administration $674 $4,343,000 4.6%
Operation $1,679 $10,814,000 11.6%
Transportation $478 $3,077,000 3.3%
Other $331 $2,130,000 2.3%
Total Support $4,376 $28,184,000 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,184 $26,947,000 28.8%
Total Expenditures $14,525 $93,557,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,851 $7,075,542,000 45.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $728 $751,765,000 4.8%
Staff $595 $614,487,000 4.0%
General Administration $257 $265,847,000 1.7%
School Administration $793 $818,899,000 5.3%
Operation $1,403 $1,448,931,000 9.3%
Transportation $685 $707,574,000 4.6%
Other $437 $451,574,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,899 $5,059,077,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,300 $3,408,304,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $15,050 $15,542,923,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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