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What do you wish you knew before starting at Battle Ground Middle School?
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Enrollment
712
Middle
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181134001822
Battle Ground Middle School
6100 N 50 W, West Lafeyette, IN 47906 · (765) 269-8140 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Indiana public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
231 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 230 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 33% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
54.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
53.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Battle Ground Middle School
Battle Ground Middle School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Ground Middle School this school | 712 | 32.4% | 55.9% |
| Sand Creek Intermediate School Fishers | 812 | 28.9% | 57.6% |
| Silver Creek Middle School Sellersburg | 748 | 35.6% | 43.7% |
| Noblesville East Middle School Noblesville | 1,057 | 34.2% | 55.9% |
| Western Middle School Russiaville | 589 | 34.1% | 47.7% |
| Klondike Middle School West Lafayette | 448 | 32.6% | 55.6% |
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Battle Ground Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #43 of 324 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #53 of 325 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #51 of 325 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #101 of 334 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #250 of 314 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #136 of 315 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #277 of 330 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #53 of 110 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
712
-75 (-10%) vs 2020
+202% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 712 | 41.8 | 17.1:1 | 32% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 43.9 | 16.4:1 | 34% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 40.8 | 18.1:1 | 36% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 33% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 33% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 26 | 23.0:1 | 34% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 22 | 20.2:1 | 32% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 14 | 17.8:1 | 20% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Battle Ground Middle School.
About Battle Ground Middle School
Battle Ground Middle School is a middle school located in West Lafeyette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County. Its 712 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
Tippecanoe School Corp is the district for Battle Ground Middle School. It has 20 schools and 13,663 students.
White students make up a majority at Battle Ground Middle School, at 69%. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.1:1. That is higher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Eligible students account for 32% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Tippecanoe County average 44%.
Measured against Indiana public middle schools, Battle Ground Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Indiana, Battle Ground Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 55.9% actual against a predicted 52.6%.
Among Tippecanoe County residents, the median household income is $60,636, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Battle Ground Middle School is one of 38 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Burnett Creek Elementary School, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 63.4%, higher than Battle Ground Middle School's 55.9%.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Battle Ground Middle School's enrollment declined from 787 in 2020-21 to 712 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.1:1, from 19.7:1.
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Tippecanoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
189,071
Census ACS
Median income
$60,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
23,655 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tippecanoe School Corp
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,194 students
- McCutcheon High SchoolHigh · 1,835 students
- Klondike Elementary SchoolElementary · 905 students
- Burnett Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 778 students
- Wea Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Battle Ground Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
Nearby schools
- Burnett Creek Elementary School0.5 mi · 778
- William Henry Harrison High School0.5 mi · 2,194
- West Lafayette Elementary School3.1 mi · 691
- Klondike Elementary School3.6 mi · 905
- Klondike Middle School3.7 mi · 448
- West Lafayette Intermediate School4.2 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Battle Ground Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Battle Ground Middle School?
Battle Ground Middle School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Battle Ground Middle School serve?
Battle Ground Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Battle Ground Middle School have?
Battle Ground Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Battle Ground Middle School?
At Battle Ground Middle School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Battle Ground Middle School public or private?
Battle Ground Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tippecanoe School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.