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What's the biggest difference between Lafayette Meadow School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHLS·NCES 180003002044
Lafayette Meadow School
11420 Ernst Rd, Roanoke, IN 46783 · (260) 431-0601 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
160 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
56.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
64.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Lafayette Meadow School
Lafayette Meadow School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Meadow School this school | 604 | 26.5% | 57.6% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary Sch New Palestine | 577 | 27.6% | 51.4% |
| Adams Central Elementary School Monroe | 621 | 27.4% | 48.7% |
| Stony Creek Elementary School Noblesville | 563 | 29.0% | 55.9% |
| Georgetown Elementary School Georgetown | 659 | 24.7% | 60.6% |
| New Palestine Elementary School New Palestine | 579 | 22.3% | 66.1% |
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 Lafayette Meadow School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #182 of 983 | #9 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #189 of 986 | #6 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #156 of 986 | #9 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #182 of 1,079 | #9 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #555 of 991 | #45 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #656 of 996 | #53 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.5% | #948 of 1,058 | #47 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #222 of 353 | #10 of 22 |
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
604
-69 (-10%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 604 | 39.3 | 15.4:1 | 26% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 39.5 | 15.1:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 43.7 | 15.2:1 | 22% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 36 | 18.7:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 17% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Meadow School.
About Lafayette Meadow School
Lafayette Meadow School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Roanoke, Indiana. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 604 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 39% larger than that mark.
Federal data list 10 schools in MSD Southwest Allen County Schls, with 7,502 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at Lafayette Meadow School is White, at 83%. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Allen County, the White share is about 71%. The diversity index for Lafayette Meadow School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lafayette Meadow School is 15.4:1, based on 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Lafayette Meadow School counts 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allen County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lafayette Meadow School lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The model predicts 56.8% for a school in Indiana with Lafayette Meadow School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lafayette Meadow School posts 57.6%.
The school is in Allen County, where the median household earns about $70,737 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Allen County, 92 public schools serve about 55,262 students.
Of the public schools around it, Lafayette Meadow School is closest to Aboite Elementary School, about 3.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. Lafayette Meadow School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Lafayette Meadow School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 69 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 18.7:1 in 2020-21 and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,378
Census ACS
Median income
$70,737
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
55,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Southwest Allen County Schls
- Homestead High SchoolHigh · 2,382 students
- Woodside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Whispering Meadow Elementary SchElementary · 535 students
- Aboite Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
Nearby schools
- Aboite Elementary School3.0 mi · 497
- eSACS Virtual School3.0 mi · 91
- Homestead High School3.3 mi · 2,382
- Summit Middle School3.3 mi · 789
- Haverhill Elementary School3.4 mi · 396
- Covington Elementary School4.6 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Meadow SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lafayette Meadow School?
Lafayette Meadow School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lafayette Meadow School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lafayette Meadow School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lafayette Meadow School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lafayette Meadow School is approximately 15.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lafayette Meadow School?
At Lafayette Meadow School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lafayette Meadow School in?
Lafayette Meadow School is part of MSD Southwest Allen County Schls.
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