Murdock Elementary School

Murdock Elementary School is one of the cozy primary schools in Lafayette, Indiana, one of the schools within Lafayette School Corporation, with 230 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 47% smaller than typical.

Across the 11 schools in Lafayette School Corporation (7,090 students total), Murdock Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Murdock Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, Murdock Elementary School logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Murdock Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Murdock Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.5%; this one delivers 28.6%.

Around the school, Tippecanoe County reports that median household income runs about $60,636, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Murdock Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in Tippecanoe County (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students).

Excel Center - Lafayette is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Murdock Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Murdock Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Murdock Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 255 (now 230). White enrollment moved from 46% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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