Vinton Elementary School

Vinton Elementary School is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Lafayette, Indiana, overseen by Lafayette School Corporation, with 387 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

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

Looking at the student body, Vinton Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Vinton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Tippecanoe County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Vinton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tippecanoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,636, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Tippecanoe County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), Vinton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Paramount School of Excellence Lafayette, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vinton Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vinton Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Vinton Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 387). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 50% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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