Schools · Pine

Pine, IN schools

Pine’s public schools score well above Indiana’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 93% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Pine Elementary School through grade 6, then one of 4 middle schools and Chesterton Senior High School or Michigan City High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

BSchool Grade

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Pine’s School Grade: B

The public schools Pine’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BTest scoresB-Graduation

Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 61%

Lower resultsHigher results

Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,090)Better than 53%

Towns in Porter County (12)Better than 8%

High confidence. Built on 5,445 tested students and a graduating class of 509; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.

School path

Where Pine kids go to school

Grades PK–6

C-Pine Elementary School 396 students · Michigan City Michigan City Area Schools

Grades 7–8

4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Duneland School Corporation

Grades 9–12

AChesterton Senior High School or C-Michigan City High School Depends on your address Duneland School Corporation

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–6, Michigan City Area)28%

State average 42.6%

Reading (grades 7–12, Duneland School Corporation)53%

State average 42.6%

Math (grades PK–6, Michigan City Area)23%

State average 35.8%

Math (grades 7–12, Duneland School Corporation)53%

State average 35.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

93% graduate on time

Graduation rate

93%

IN: 90.9%

Graduating class

509

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Pine

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Michigan City Area SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 5,030 students

$17,467 per studentIN $13,688C 🏫

Duneland School CorporationGrades K–12 · 11 schools · 5,732 students

$13,969 per studentIN $13,688A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Pine

There’s no college in Pine, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, 13.8 miles away.

Valparaiso UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Valparaiso13.8 mi2,774 students Indiana University-NorthwestUniversity or college · Public · Gary20.5 mi2,280 students

Stellar Career College-Crown PointCareer school · For-profit · Schererville25.9 mi76 students

Purdue University NorthwestUniversity or college · Public · Hammond26.9 mi7,964 students Calumet College of Saint JosephUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Whiting27.5 mi481 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Pine. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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