Miami Elementary School

Set in Lafayette, Indiana, Miami Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus, part of Lafayette School Corporation. It works with 442 students across grades K through 4.

Lafayette School Corporation runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,090 students. Miami Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Miami Elementary School records that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 21% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Tippecanoe County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 83% of students at Miami Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tippecanoe County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Miami Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.5%; this one delivers 27.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Tippecanoe County put 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), Miami Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Edgelea Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Miami Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Miami Elementary School has contracted 13%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Miami Elementary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.