McCutcheon High School

Set in Lafayette, Indiana, McCutcheon High School is a large senior high, part of Tippecanoe School Corp. It enrolls 1,835 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 125% larger than the state mean of about 816.

Across the 20 schools in Tippecanoe School Corp (13,663 students total), McCutcheon High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, McCutcheon High School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Tippecanoe County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, McCutcheon High School records 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tippecanoe County) logs that median household earnings sit near $60,636, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Tippecanoe County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), McCutcheon High School is one campus in the mix.

Mayflower Mill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

McCutcheon High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McCutcheon High School has climbed 3%, going from 1,777 students in 2018 to 1,835 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 66% across the same window.

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