Mayflower Mill Elementary School

Located at 200 E 500 S, in Lafayette, Indiana, Mayflower Mill Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school that works with 585 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Tippecanoe School Corp. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Tippecanoe School Corp runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,663 students. Mayflower Mill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mayflower Mill Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tippecanoe County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mayflower Mill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the area at large, Tippecanoe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,636 per year, 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), Mayflower Mill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McCutcheon High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mayflower Mill Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mayflower Mill Elementary School has shrank 7%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 63% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Mayflower Mill Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.