Enrollment
320
Middle
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181134001833
Wainwright Middle School
7501 E 700 S, Lafayette, IN 47905 · (765) 269-8350 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Indiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
125 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 115 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 31% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
37.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
44.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 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 Wainwright Middle School
Wainwright Middle School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright Middle School this school | 320 | 39.1% | 40.0% |
| Rensselaer Central Middle School Rensselaer | 363 | 42.1% | 54.7% |
| Tipton Middle School Tipton | 308 | 39.6% | 35.6% |
| Jimtown Junior High School Elkhart | 305 | 42.6% | 49.3% |
| North Montgomery Middle School Crawfordsville | 400 | 39.3% | 40.1% |
| Heritage Hills Middle School Lincoln City | 341 | 35.2% | 63.8% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Wainwright Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #144 of 324 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #105 of 325 | #5 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #174 of 325 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #270 of 334 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #150 of 314 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #189 of 315 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #243 of 330 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #38 of 110 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
320
+39 (+14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 320 | 21.7 | 14.8:1 | 39% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 20.7 | 15.1:1 | 46% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 19.2 | 16.2:1 | 41% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 41% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 18 | 15.4:1 | 42% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 39% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 19 | 19.0:1 | 38% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 17% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 23 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wainwright Middle School.
About Wainwright Middle School
In Lafayette, Indiana, Wainwright Middle School is a small middle school. The school counted 320 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 46% below the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Indiana.
A total of 20 schools make up Tippecanoe School Corp, with 13,663 students enrolled.
At Wainwright Middle School, 81% of students are White. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Wainwright Middle School is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Wainwright Middle School has 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The school's 14.8:1 compares with an average of 15.6:1 for middle schools in Indiana. The school has 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Indiana public middle schools, Wainwright Middle School outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.9%.
The county, Tippecanoe County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $60,636 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Tippecanoe County has 38 public schools with about 23,655 students, including Wainwright Middle School.
James Cole Elementary School is the nearest public school to Wainwright Middle School, about 2.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Wainwright Middle School is behind the 42.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
From 281 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 320 by 2024-25.
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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 Tippecanoe School Corp
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,194 students
- McCutcheon High SchoolHigh · 1,835 students
- Klondike Elementary SchoolElementary · 905 students
- Burnett Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 778 students
- Battle Ground Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Wea Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 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
- James Cole Elementary School2.2 mi · 321
- Dayton Elementary School4.3 mi · 390
- Woodland Elementary School5.2 mi · 601
- Wyandotte Elementary6.7 mi · 522
- Wea Ridge Middle School6.8 mi · 675
- Wea Ridge Elementary School6.9 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Wainwright Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wainwright Middle School?
Wainwright Middle School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wainwright Middle School serve?
Wainwright Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wainwright Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Wainwright Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Wainwright Middle School?
Student demographics at Wainwright Middle School are roughly 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wainwright Middle School in?
Wainwright Middle School is part of Tippecanoe School Corp.
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