Thomas Miller Elementary School

Set in Lafayette, Indiana, Thomas Miller Elementary School is a cozy elementary school, overseen by Lafayette School Corporation. It caters to 318 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Lafayette School Corporation comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,090 students; Thomas Miller Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Thomas Miller Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, Thomas Miller Elementary School records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible 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 north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Thomas Miller Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 19.2%; this one delivers 36.9%, a residual of +17.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tippecanoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Tippecanoe County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), of which Thomas Miller Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oakland Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thomas Miller Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

Thomas Miller Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Miller Elementary School has ticked down 22%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 39% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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