Edgelea Elementary School

Located at 2910 S 18th St, in Lafayette, Indiana, Edgelea Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus that teaches 444 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Lafayette School Corporation.

Across the 11 schools in Lafayette School Corporation (7,090 students total), Edgelea Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Edgelea Elementary School lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Tippecanoe County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tippecanoe County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edgelea Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tippecanoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Tippecanoe County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), Edgelea Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Miami Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgelea Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Edgelea Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

Edgelea Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edgelea Elementary School has contracted 17%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Edgelea Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.