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Enrollment
778
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181134001304
Burnett Creek Elementary School
5700 N 50 W, West Lafayette, IN 47906 · (765) 463-2237 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
223 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
58%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
67.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
74.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Burnett Creek Elementary School
Burnett Creek Elementary School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnett Creek Elementary School this school | 778 | 28.7% | 70.0% |
| Promise Road Elementary Noblesville | 810 | 32.2% | 48.7% |
| Brooks School Elementary Fishers | 715 | 26.7% | 64.5% |
| Carmel Elementary School Carmel | 700 | 23.0% | 65.8% |
| Monon Trail Elementary School Westfield | 767 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| Klondike Elementary School West Lafayette | 905 | 35.9% | 53.1% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Burnett Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #50 of 983 | #2 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #74 of 986 | #2 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #46 of 986 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #38 of 1,079 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #873 of 991 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #313 of 996 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #929 of 1,058 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #216 of 353 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
778
+81 (+12%) vs 2020
+76% since 2000-01, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 778 | 43.5 | 17.9:1 | 29% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 31% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 762 | 38.5 | 19.8:1 | 31% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 34 | 20.5:1 | 28% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 31% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 32% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 20% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnett Creek Elementary School.
About Burnett Creek Elementary School
Burnett Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school based in West Lafayette, Indiana. Its 778 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students.
In Tippecanoe School Corp, 20 schools enroll a combined 13,663 students.
White students make up a majority at Burnett Creek Elementary School, at 61%. Next come 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Tippecanoe County residents. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.9:1, with 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 29%. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Tippecanoe County is 15 points.
The allk12 Grade for Burnett Creek Elementary School is A+. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Burnett Creek Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Indiana. Predicted: 55.3%. Actual: 70.0%.
Tippecanoe County has about 189,071 residents, and the median household income is $60,636, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Tippecanoe County has 38 public schools and roughly 23,655 students.
William Henry Harrison High School is the public school closest to Burnett Creek Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Burnett Creek Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Burnett Creek Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment is up 12% from 2020-21, when Burnett Creek Elementary School had 697 students, to 2024-25, when it had 778. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.9:1, from 20.5:1.
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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
- Battle Ground Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Wea Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Battle Ground Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
Other schools in West Lafayette
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,194 students
- West Lafayette Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Klondike Elementary SchoolElementary · 905 students
- West Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- West Lafayette Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 536 students
- Klondike Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
Nearby schools
- William Henry Harrison High School0.2 mi · 2,194
- Battle Ground Middle School0.5 mi · 712
- West Lafayette Elementary School2.7 mi · 691
- Klondike Elementary School3.2 mi · 905
- Klondike Middle School3.3 mi · 448
- West Lafayette Intermediate School3.8 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Burnett Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burnett Creek Elementary School?
Burnett Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 778 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Burnett Creek Elementary School serve?
Burnett Creek Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Burnett Creek Elementary School have?
Burnett Creek Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is Burnett Creek Elementary School?
Burnett Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Burnett Creek Elementary School?
Burnett Creek Elementary School is overseen by Tippecanoe School Corp in Tippecanoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.