East Tipp Middle School

East Tipp Middle School is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Lafayette, Indiana, run under Tippecanoe School Corp, instructing 547 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Tippecanoe School Corp, which oversees 20 schools and 13,663 students, East Tipp Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, East Tipp Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Tippecanoe County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, East Tipp Middle School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tippecanoe County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, East Tipp Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tippecanoe County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,636 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. East Tipp Middle School is one of 38 public schools in Tippecanoe County (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students).

The closest other public school is Hershey Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Tipp Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. East Tipp Middle School's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 500 (now 547). Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 78%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.