Crisman Elementary School
6161 Old Porter Rd, Portage, IN, 46368-1699 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Crisman Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades KG - 5
County Porter County, IN
Students & Faculty
Total Students 473 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 22 teachers
Students by Grade
Kind - 73 students
Grade 1 - 88 students
Grade 2 - 88 students
Grade 3 - 62 students
Grade 4 - 86 students
Grade 5 - 76 students
This School
(IN) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:22 1:18
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IN) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian n/a 1%
% Hispanic 10% 6%
% Black 4% 13%
% White 85% 79%
% Unknown 1 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IN) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 35% 33%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 9% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IN) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Portage Township s School District
This School's Agency
(IN) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 11 4
Number of Students Managed 8,391 students 1,853 students
District Total Revenue $85,268,000 $20,544,000
District Expenditure $75,873,000 $19,015,000
District Revenue / Student $10,162 $11,087
District Expenditure / Student $9,042 $10,262
In the News:
  • Special media center event shows children it's fun to read (Post-Tribune)
    posted on October 16, 2009 at 09:55:24 am
    As teacher Lorraine Ackerman's first-grade students filed into the Crisman Elementary School library media center in Portage recently, they were greeted not by media clerk Andrea Riley but by "Emily Elizabeth." Riley had dressed up as the children's literary character, the owner of Clifford the Big Red Dog, to help celebrate Put Your Nose in a Book and Read Day. "I wanted to have something ...
  • Talent on display (Post-Tribune)
    posted on May 15, 2009 at 09:49:08 am
    PORTAGE -- For the fictional Alexander, it might have been a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day," but for students at Crisman Elementary School, it was a wonderful, terrific, very good day. Music teacher Deb Porter and the Crisman Drama Club presented Judith Viorst's musical "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" to the entire school. In the evening, they ...
  • Club treats top freshmen to lunch and honors (Post-Tribune)
    posted on April 17, 2009 at 09:19:06 am
    The Portage Exchange Club recognized four outstanding Portage High School freshmen at its April 8 meeting at Tate's Place. Assistant Principal Andrew Halaschak said the honored students are at the top of their class, with a combined average grade point average of 4.107. Aza Braner was accompanied by her mother, Lee. Aza participates in basketball and volleyball. She is a student leader in ...
  • Portage H.S. athletes impress elementary students (Post-Tribune)
    posted on March 27, 2009 at 09:12:15 am
    PORTAGE -- Some might think Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, but it was a fortunate and fun-filled day for the students at Portage's Central Elementary School.
  • Crisman students learn about 19th-century life (Post-Tribune)
    posted on March 20, 2009 at 09:36:25 am
    Fourth-graders from Crisman Elementary School in Portage put their social studies and science lessons to the test recently when they took a field trip to Chellberg Farm at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (46368)
School Zip (46368)
(IN) State Average
Population (Approximate) 35,709 people 5,873,444 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 17% 20%
Population Average Age 36 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.6 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $48,021 $42,007
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.3 rooms 5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 35 years old 43 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (46368)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 73% / 27% 69% / 31%
School Map:
1. Wallace Aylesworth Elementary School - 548 students - 1.3 mi. away - view location
2. Rowena Kyle Elementary School - 453 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
3. Central Elementary School - 578 students - 1.8 mi. away - view location
4. Ethel R Jones Elementary School - 423 students - 1.9 mi. away - view location
5. George L Myers Elementary School - 508 students - 2.5 mi. away - view location
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