Wea Ridge Middle School

Wea Ridge Middle School, a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Lafayette, Indiana, part of Tippecanoe School Corp, enrolls 675 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Tippecanoe School Corp runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,663 students. Wea Ridge Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Wea Ridge Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Tippecanoe County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wea Ridge Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tippecanoe County) shows that median household income runs about $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Tippecanoe County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), of which Wea Ridge Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wea Ridge Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wea Ridge Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wea Ridge Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

Wea Ridge Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wea Ridge Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 681 students in 2018 to 675 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 62% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Wea Ridge Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.