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How has Mayflower Mill Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181134001829
Mayflower Mill Elementary School
200 E 500 S, Lafayette, IN 47909 · (765) 538-3875 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
349 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
62%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
34.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
42.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Mayflower Mill Elementary School
Mayflower Mill Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayflower Mill Elementary School this school | 585 | 59.7% | 38.4% |
| Gold Academy Indianapolis | 529 | 61.4% | 22.4% |
| Jeff H Towles Intermediate School Fort Wayne | 600 | 60.0% | 36.1% |
| Pine Tree Elementary School Avon | 450 | 58.4% | 57.4% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Elkhart | 519 | 56.1% | 26.0% |
| Wea Ridge Elementary School Lafayette | 609 | 57.3% | 39.8% |
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 Mayflower Mill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #558 of 983 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #561 of 986 | #17 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #589 of 986 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #202 of 1,079 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #421 of 991 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #242 of 996 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #366 of 1,058 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #426 of 597 | #9 of 13 |
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
585
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 60% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 63% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 62% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 55% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 29 | 21.7:1 | 52% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 28 | 22.0:1 | 50% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 26 | 21.3:1 | 44% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 33 | 20.3:1 | 23% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 28 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mayflower Mill Elementary School.
About Mayflower Mill Elementary School
Mayflower Mill Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Lafayette, Indiana. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 585 students. Against the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 34% higher.
Mayflower Mill Elementary School is one school in a 20-school district, Tippecanoe School Corp, which enrolls 13,663 students.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at Mayflower Mill Elementary School. Smaller groups are 27% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Tippecanoe County is roughly 74% White. Mayflower Mill Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 60%. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Tippecanoe County is 16 points.
The allk12 Grade for Mayflower Mill Elementary School is B-. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.3% for Mayflower Mill Elementary School. The school posts 38.4%, 5.1 points above the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Tippecanoe County show that median household income is about $60,636, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mayflower Mill Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in Tippecanoe County, which together enroll about 23,655 students.
McCutcheon High School is located about 0.4 miles from Mayflower Mill Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 38.3% proficiency; Mayflower Mill Elementary School posts 38.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 623 in 2020-21 and 585 in 2024-25, a decrease of 38 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 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 Lafayette
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,042 students
- McCutcheon High SchoolHigh · 1,835 students
- Lafayette Sunnyside IntermediateMiddle · 1,031 students
- Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Wea Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Wea Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Nearby schools
- McCutcheon High School0.4 mi · 1,835
- Wea Ridge Middle School1.3 mi · 675
- Wea Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 609
- Amelia Earhart Elementary School2.4 mi · 455
- Edgelea Elementary School3.1 mi · 444
- Woodland Elementary School3.2 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Mayflower Mill Elementary SchoolHow large is Mayflower Mill Elementary School?
Mayflower Mill Elementary School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mayflower Mill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mayflower Mill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Mayflower Mill Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Mayflower Mill Elementary School.
How diverse is Mayflower Mill Elementary School?
Mayflower Mill Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mayflower Mill Elementary School?
Mayflower Mill Elementary 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.