Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180540000976
Thomas Miller Elementary School
700 S 4th St, Lafayette, IN 47905 · (765) 476-2930 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
253 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Thomas Miller Elementary School→Lafayette Sunnyside Intermediate→Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School→Jefferson High School
Based on grade levels within Lafayette School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
43.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Thomas Miller Elementary School
Thomas Miller Elementary School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Miller Elementary School this school | 318 | 79.6% | 36.9% |
| Sycamore Elementary School Kokomo | 305 | 77.0% | 18.9% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Muncie | 348 | 82.5% | 13.6% |
| Pine Elementary School Michigan City | 396 | 73.5% | 30.3% |
| Elwood Haynes Elementary School Kokomo | 334 | 86.8% | 15.9% |
| Bon Air Elementary School Kokomo | 261 | 77.4% | N/A |
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 Thomas Miller Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #588 of 983 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #534 of 986 | #14 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #630 of 986 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #793 of 1,079 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #308 of 991 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #117 of 996 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #52 of 1,058 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #143 of 597 | #2 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
318
-60 (-16%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 318 | 22.7 | 14.0:1 | 80% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 26.8 | 12.1:1 | 82% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 26.5 | 12.9:1 | 85% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 36 | 10.5:1 | 84% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 90% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 87% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 24 | 12.4:1 | 95% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 17 | 16.3:1 | 73% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Miller Elementary School.
About Thomas Miller Elementary School
Thomas Miller Elementary School is an elementary school in Lafayette, Indiana, according to federal school records. The school runs kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 318 students. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
The district, Lafayette School Corporation, operates 11 schools serving 7,090 students.
The largest group at Thomas Miller Elementary School is White students, at 43%. The remaining students are 32% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Census figures show Tippecanoe County is about 74% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thomas Miller Elementary School scores 68%.
There are 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.0:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Tippecanoe County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Thomas Miller Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Indiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Thomas Miller Elementary School in the top 10% of Indiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.7 points above it (36.9% actual, 19.2% predicted).
In Tippecanoe County, home to about 189,071 people, median household income comes to about $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tippecanoe County's 38 public schools enroll about 23,655 students and include Thomas Miller Elementary School.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Oakland Elementary School, is the closest to Thomas Miller Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Thomas Miller Elementary School. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Thomas Miller Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Thomas Miller Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
A 16% decline took enrollment from 378 in 2020-21 to 318 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.5:1 to 14.0:1.
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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 Lafayette School Corporation
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,042 students
- Lafayette Sunnyside IntermediateMiddle · 1,031 students
- Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Glen Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Edgelea Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 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
- Oakland Elementary School1.2 mi · 192
- Jefferson High School1.2 mi · 2,042
- Tippecanoe Online Academy1.3 mi · 88
- Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School1.3 mi · 999
- Murdock Elementary School1.3 mi · 230
- Excel Center - Lafayette1.4 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Miller Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Miller Elementary School?
Thomas Miller Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Thomas Miller Elementary School serve?
Thomas Miller Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Thomas Miller Elementary School have?
Thomas Miller Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Miller Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thomas Miller Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 13% Hispanic, 32% Black, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas Miller Elementary School?
Thomas Miller Elementary School is overseen by Lafayette School Corporation in Tippecanoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.