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What's the biggest difference between Klondike Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
448
Middle
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181134001828
Klondike Middle School
3307 Klondike Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906 · (765) 463-2544 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% 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
16.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
146 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 | 167 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 29% |
Student demographics
52%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
56.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
52.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Klondike Middle School
Klondike Middle School's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Middle School this school | 448 | 32.6% | 55.6% |
| Battle Ground Middle School West Lafeyette | 712 | 32.4% | 55.9% |
| Westchester Middle School Chesterton | 448 | 33.5% | N/A |
| Westchester Intermediate School Chesterton | 404 | 30.4% | 64.9% |
| Jackson Creek Middle School Bloomington | 572 | 28.3% | 61.3% |
| Liberty Intermediate School Chesterton | 452 | 27.0% | 63.7% |
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 Klondike Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #44 of 324 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #58 of 325 | #4 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #39 of 325 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #203 of 334 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #228 of 314 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #120 of 315 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #276 of 330 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #177 of 187 | 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
448
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 448 | 27.3 | 16.4:1 | 33% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 26.1 | 17.0:1 | 37% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 36% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 36% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 23.5 | 19.3:1 | 43% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 38% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 42% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 18% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Klondike Middle School.
About Klondike Middle School
Klondike Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 448 students. That puts enrollment 25% below the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana.
Tippecanoe School Corp serves 13,663 students across 20 schools.
The share of White students at Klondike Middle School is 67%, a majority. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Klondike Middle School is 16.4:1, based on 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Indiana, 15.6:1, is lower. Klondike Middle School counts 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Tippecanoe County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Klondike Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Indiana public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Klondike Middle School is 52.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.6%.
Tippecanoe County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $60,636 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Tippecanoe County number 38, with about 23,655 students.
Klondike Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Klondike Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Klondike Middle School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 432 to 448. The ratio was 18.8:1 in 2020-21 and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Battle Ground Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Wea Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 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
- Burnett Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 778 students
- West Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- West Lafayette Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Klondike Elementary School0.1 mi · 905
- West Lafayette Elementary School2.8 mi · 691
- West Lafayette Intermediate School2.9 mi · 536
- West Lafayette Jr/Sr High School3.2 mi · 1,116
- Burnett Creek Elementary School3.3 mi · 778
- William Henry Harrison High School3.5 mi · 2,194
Frequently asked questions
About Klondike Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Klondike Middle School?
Klondike Middle School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades 06-08.
Is Klondike Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Klondike Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Klondike Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Klondike Middle School is approximately 16.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Klondike Middle School?
At Klondike Middle School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Klondike Middle School?
Klondike Middle 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.