ZIP 46304 — Schools & Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.

Middle ClassLow Snow AreaRemote Work Hub

School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities

Schools & Education in ZIP 46304

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 46304 (Chesterton, IN) is associated with Duneland School Corporation (LEA 1802800) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.

Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 54 K-12 schools (46 public, 8 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.9 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.

The nearest college/university on US5 is College of Court Reporting Inc about 10.2 miles away (2yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Duneland School Corporation

LEA ID

1802800

Private school share (ACS)

0.4%

Colleges & universities (100)

College of Court Reporting Inc10.2 miles (16.3 km)2yr-private
Valparaiso University10.5 miles (16.8 km)4yr-private
Indiana University-Northwest15.5 miles (25.0 km)4yr-public
Stellar Career College-Crown Point20.8 miles (33.4 km)2yr-private
Purdue University Northwest22.2 miles (35.7 km)4yr-public
Calumet College of Saint Joseph23.5 miles (37.8 km)4yr-private
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College28.8 miles (46.4 km)2yr-public
South Suburban College29.6 miles (47.6 km)2yr-public
Chicago State University30.0 miles (48.2 km)4yr-public
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.30.5 miles (49.1 km)4yr-private
Chicago Theological Seminary30.5 miles (49.1 km)4yr-private
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago30.6 miles (49.2 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

McCormick Theological Seminary30.6 miles (49.3 km)4yr-private
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago30.6 miles (49.3 km)4yr-private
Catholic Theological Union at Chicago30.6 miles (49.3 km)4yr-private
University of Chicago31.0 miles (49.9 km)4yr-private
Prairie State College31.2 miles (50.3 km)2yr-public
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College32.9 miles (52.9 km)2yr-public
Illinois College of Optometry33.5 miles (53.8 km)4yr-private
Illinois Institute of Technology33.5 miles (54.0 km)4yr-private
VanderCook College of Music33.8 miles (54.4 km)4yr-private
East-West University34.7 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
Spertus College34.8 miles (56.1 km)4yr-private
Columbia College Chicago34.8 miles (56.1 km)4yr-private
Roosevelt University34.9 miles (56.2 km)4yr-private
American Academy of Art College35.0 miles (56.2 km)4yr-private
National Louis University35.0 miles (56.4 km)4yr-private
DePaul University35.1 miles (56.4 km)4yr-private
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago35.1 miles (56.5 km)2yr-private
Saint Xavier University35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-private
School of the Art Institute of Chicago35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-private
Taylor Business Institute35.2 miles (56.6 km)2yr-private
Generations College35.2 miles (56.6 km)2yr-private
Pacific College of Health and Science35.3 miles (56.8 km)4yr-private
Meadville Theological School of Lombard College35.3 miles (56.9 km)4yr-private
Adler University35.3 miles (56.9 km)4yr-private
City Colleges of Chicago-District Office35.3 miles (56.9 km)2yr-public
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College35.4 miles (56.9 km)2yr-public
Midwestern Career College35.6 miles (57.3 km)2yr-private
The Chicago School at Chicago35.7 miles (57.5 km)4yr-private
Chamberlain University-Administrative Office35.8 miles (57.5 km)4yr-public
Erikson Institute35.8 miles (57.6 km)4yr-private
University of Illinois Chicago35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-public
Moody Bible Institute36.1 miles (58.1 km)4yr-private
CAAN Academy of Nursing36.2 miles (58.3 km)2yr-private
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College36.3 miles (58.5 km)2yr-public
Marian University-Ancilla36.5 miles (58.7 km)4yr-private
Governors State University36.5 miles (58.7 km)4yr-public
Northwestern College36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-private
Rush University36.8 miles (59.2 km)4yr-private
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College37.2 miles (59.9 km)2yr-public
Trinity Christian College38.3 miles (61.6 km)4yr-private
Fox College38.3 miles (61.7 km)2yr-private
American Islamic College38.9 miles (62.6 km)4yr-private
Morton College39.7 miles (63.9 km)2yr-public
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College39.8 miles (64.1 km)2yr-public
St. Augustine College40.3 miles (64.8 km)4yr-private
Institute for Clinical Social Work40.3 miles (64.8 km)4yr-private
Moraine Valley Community College41.2 miles (66.3 km)2yr-public
Saint Mary's College41.3 miles (66.4 km)4yr-private
Loyola University Chicago41.3 miles (66.4 km)4yr-private
John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences41.3 miles (66.5 km)4yr-private
Holy Cross College41.3 miles (66.5 km)4yr-private
University of Notre Dame42.1 miles (67.8 km)4yr-private
North Park University42.4 miles (68.2 km)4yr-private
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago42.7 miles (68.7 km)4yr-private
Indiana University-South Bend42.7 miles (68.7 km)4yr-public
Northeastern Illinois University42.9 miles (69.1 km)4yr-public
Andrews University43.0 miles (69.2 km)4yr-private
Concordia University-Chicago44.0 miles (70.8 km)4yr-private
Bethel University44.2 miles (71.1 km)4yr-private
Northwestern University44.4 miles (71.5 km)4yr-private
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary44.5 miles (71.7 km)4yr-private
Dominican University44.7 miles (72.0 km)4yr-private
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College45.0 miles (72.5 km)2yr-public
Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park45.3 miles (72.8 km)2yr-private
NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia45.3 miles (72.9 km)4yr-private
Hebrew Theological College45.9 miles (73.8 km)4yr-private
Triton College46.0 miles (74.0 km)2yr-public
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Skokie47.1 miles (75.8 km)4yr-private
Lake Michigan College47.4 miles (76.3 km)2yr-public
Elmhurst University50.3 miles (81.0 km)4yr-private
Midwestern University-Downers Grove51.3 miles (82.5 km)4yr-private
National University of Health Sciences52.7 miles (84.8 km)4yr-private
Oakton College53.0 miles (85.2 km)2yr-public
Lewis University53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
Olivet Nazarene University53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary53.8 miles (86.6 km)4yr-private
University of St Francis54.6 miles (87.8 km)4yr-private
Kankakee Community College54.9 miles (88.3 km)2yr-public
College of DuPage55.2 miles (88.8 km)2yr-public
Southwestern Michigan College55.3 miles (88.9 km)2yr-public
Benedictine University55.4 miles (89.2 km)4yr-private
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary55.5 miles (89.4 km)4yr-private
Chamberlain University-Illinois56.1 miles (90.4 km)4yr-private
Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc56.2 miles (90.4 km)2yr-private
DeVry University-Illinois56.8 miles (91.4 km)4yr-private
DeVry University-Administrative Office56.8 miles (91.4 km)4yr-public
Wheaton College57.1 miles (91.9 km)4yr-private
North Central College57.7 miles (92.8 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.

		Grades
ST PATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.5 miles (0.7 km)
CHESTERTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.6 miles (0.9 km)
Northwest Indiana Online School	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.2 km)
Liberty Middle School	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.3 km)
Bailly Elementary School	public	—	—	0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Westchester Intermediate School	public	—	—	1.2 miles (2.0 km)
Westchester Middle School	public	—	—	1.2 miles (2.0 km)
Brummitt Elementary School	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.3 km)
Newton Yost Elementary School	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Discovery Charter School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.8 km)
Chesterton Senior High School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Liberty Intermediate School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Liberty Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.2 km)
Jackson Elementary School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Ethel R Jones Elementary School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
Paul Saylor Elementary School	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
Rowena Kyle Elementary School	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
South Haven Elementary School	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Crisman Elementary School	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
EMMANUEL BAPTIST ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
Pine Elementary School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Flint Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Portage High School	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Willowcreek Middle School	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
NATIVITY OF OUR SAVIOR/DIOCESE	private	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Cooks Corners Elementary School	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Porter County Education Services	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Central Elementary School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
Valparaiso High School	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF VALPARAISO	private	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
George L Myers Elementary School	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
William Fegely Middle School	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.0 miles (14.4 km)
VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
John Simatovich Elementary School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Northview Elementary School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Coolspring Elementary School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
Knapp Elementary School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
ST PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.2 miles (14.9 km)
Westville Elementary School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Westville High School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Washington Twp Middle/High School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Washington Twp Elementary School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Barker Middle School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Neighbors' New Vistas High School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Memorial Elementary School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.7 km)
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Parkview Elementary School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Central Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Edgewood Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Virgil I Bailey Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 46304

What school district is ZIP code 46304 in?

ZIP 46304 (Chesterton, IN) maps to Duneland School Corporation (LEA ID 1802800) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 46304?

US5 lists 54 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 46 public and 8 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 46304 attend private school?

About 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 46304 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	35.1%
High school	31.3%
Less than HS	4.0%
School district	Duneland School Corporation

ZIP 46304 — Schools & Education

Schools & Education in ZIP 46304

Schools FAQ for ZIP 46304

Explore related to ZIP 46304

Schools & Education key statistics