Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School

As an expansive middle school in Lafayette, Indiana, Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School works with 999 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Lafayette School Corporation. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 594.

Lafayette School Corporation comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,090 students; Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School logs that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Tippecanoe County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Tippecanoe County put median household earnings sit near $60,636, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tippecanoe County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), of which Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School. On composite proficiency, Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 1,074 students in 2018 compared to 999 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.