Schools in Center · La Porte Community School Corporation
Center’s public schools score below 54% of Indiana districts
The public schools Center’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
Reading proficiency
44%
▲ 1 pts vs IN 43%
2020–21
Math proficiency
37%
▲ 1 pts vs IN 36%
2020–21
Graduate on time
86%
▼ 5 pts vs IN 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$13.5K
▼ 1% vs IN $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.9
IN 15.4
Schools
8
3,690 students
The School Grade
How Center compares
B Test scoresD Graduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 46%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,064)Better than 30%
Towns in LaPorte County (21)Better than 29%
High confidence. Built on 3,029 tested students and a graduating class of 434; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Indiana only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Center.
6 schools teach Pre-K in Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: LaPorte High School, F Willard Crichfield Elementary, Handley Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School and more.
6 schools teach K in Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: LaPorte High School, F Willard Crichfield Elementary, Handley Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School and more.
6 schools teach 1st grade in Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: LaPorte High School, F Willard Crichfield Elementary, Handley Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School and more.
6 schools teach 2nd grade in Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: LaPorte High School, F Willard Crichfield Elementary, Handley Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School and more.
6 schools teach 3rd grade in Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: LaPorte High School, F Willard Crichfield Elementary, Handley Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School and more.
6 schools teach 4th grade in Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: LaPorte High School, F Willard Crichfield Elementary, Handley Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–126 schoolsDepends on your address
12LaPorte High SchoolLa Porte Community School Corporation
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading44%
State average 42.6%
Math37%
State average 35.8%
Center vs. its neighbors
Center’s schools rank 2nd of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Indiana districts.
Every school in Center
8 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Elementary
F Willard Crichfield Elementary
A459 students18:1Rate it →
Handley Elementary School
C+366 students16:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
B−353 students15:1Rate it →
Hailmann Elementary School
B−318 students16:1Rate it →
Riley Elementary School
B+291 students18:1Rate it →
LaPorte High School
B1,807 students16:1Rate it →
Private & other
Parents talk
What Center families are saying about school.
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Center
There’s no college in Center, but 8 are within 30 miles. The closest is Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, 19 miles away.
Valparaiso UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Valparaiso
19 mi2,774 students
Marian University-AncillaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · West
26.3 mi218 students
John Patrick University of Health and Applied SciencesUniversity or college · For-profit · South Bend
26.3 mi365 students
Saint Mary's CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage
26.3 mi1,467 students
Holy Cross CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage
26.4 mi547 students
University of Notre DameUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage
27.2 mi12,910 students
Indiana University-South BendUniversity or college · Public · South Bend
27.7 mi3,778 students
Bethel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mishawaka
29.2 mi972 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Center. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Indiana. Stars are from neighbors.