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What's something Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
999
Middle
DISTRICT 1,015 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180540000975
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School
2101 S 18th St, Lafayette, IN 47905 · (765) 772-4750 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL999 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Indiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
620 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 7 | 498 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 501 | 50% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School→Jefferson High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lafayette School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Tecumseh Jr High School
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School this school | 999 | 62.1% | 25.6% |
| River Valley Middle School Jeffersonville | 857 | 64.5% | 31.2% |
| Lafayette Sunnyside Intermediate Lafayette | 1,031 | 65.7% | 28.4% |
| Highland Middle School Anderson | 916 | 67.0% | 15.3% |
| Memorial Park Middle School Fort Wayne | 627 | 61.1% | 40.0% |
| Decatur Middle School Indianapolis | 1,000 | 59.7% | 17.5% |
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 Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #255 of 324 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #251 of 325 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #246 of 325 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 999 | #41 of 334 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #105 of 314 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #17 of 315 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #70 of 330 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #123 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
999
-166 (-14%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 999 | 72.8 | 13.7:1 | 62% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 1,021 | 72.6 | 14.1:1 | 69% (707) |
| 2022-23 | 1,043 | 80.1 | 13.0:1 | 75% (779) |
| 2020-21 | 1,165 | 78 | 14.9:1 | 72% (835) |
| 2017-18 | 1,074 | 71 | 15.1:1 | 72% (778) |
| 2015-16 | 1,030 | 71 | 14.5:1 | 70% (726) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 73 | 13.4:1 | 65% (632) |
| 2000-01 | 967 | 64 | 15.1:1 | 33% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 823 | 53 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School.
About Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School
Families in Lafayette, Indiana, are served by Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School, a high-enrollment middle school. It enrolled 999 students in grades 7 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students each.
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School sits within Lafayette School Corporation, which has 11 schools and 7,090 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School, at 38%. Other groups make up 31% Hispanic, 21% Black, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 74% of Tippecanoe County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 72.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.7:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. On average, public schools in Tippecanoe County report 44%.
Measured against Indiana public middle schools, Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School is -6.1 points: 25.6% actual, 31.6% predicted.
Tippecanoe County has about 189,071 residents, and the median household income is $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School, Tippecanoe County has 37 other public schools.
The school nearest to Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School is Jefferson High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranked by average proficiency, Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School's enrollment dropped from 1,165 in 2020-21 to 999 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.9:1 to 13.7:1.
Community posts for Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Lafayette School Corporation
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,042 students
- Lafayette Sunnyside IntermediateMiddle · 1,031 students
- Glen Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Edgelea Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Miami Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
Other schools in Lafayette
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,042 students
- McCutcheon High SchoolHigh · 1,835 students
- Lafayette Sunnyside IntermediateMiddle · 1,031 students
- Wea Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Wea Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson High School0.2 mi · 2,042
- Edgelea Elementary School0.7 mi · 444
- Miami Elementary School0.7 mi · 442
- Oakland Elementary School1.0 mi · 192
- Thomas Miller Elementary School1.3 mi · 318
- Amelia Earhart Elementary School1.4 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High SchoolHow large is Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School?
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School enrolls approximately 999 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School serve?
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School.
How diverse is Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School?
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School reports a student body of 38% White, 31% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School?
Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School is overseen by Lafayette School Corporation in Tippecanoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.