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Enrollment
675
Middle
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181134001920
Wea Ridge Middle School
4410 S 150 E, Lafayette, IN 47909 · (765) 471-2164 · Tippecanoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Indiana public middle schools
- C+Test 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
16.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
338 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 219 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 231 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%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
27.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
30.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Wea Ridge Middle School
Wea Ridge Middle School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wea Ridge Middle School this school | 675 | 50.1% | 32.5% |
| William Fegely Middle School Portage | 566 | 48.2% | 26.0% |
| Hobart Middle School Hobart | 905 | 52.6% | 39.2% |
| Lakeview Middle School Warsaw | 545 | 50.3% | 43.5% |
| Clarksville Middle School Clarksville | 430 | 51.6% | 30.9% |
| Highland Middle School Highland | 774 | 46.1% | 48.3% |
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 Wea Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Tippecanoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #206 of 324 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #200 of 325 | #6 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #252 of 325 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #109 of 334 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #205 of 314 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #69 of 315 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #162 of 330 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #181 of 187 | 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
675
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 675 | 42.2 | 16.0:1 | 50% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 43.2 | 16.2:1 | 53% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 44.2 | 16.1:1 | 54% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 46% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 37 | 18.4:1 | 45% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 34 | 18.9:1 | 43% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 29 | 21.6:1 | 40% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wea Ridge Middle School.
About Wea Ridge Middle School
Wea Ridge Middle School, located in Lafayette, Indiana, is a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reported 675 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Tippecanoe School Corp operates 20 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,663 students.
More than half of enrollment at Wea Ridge Middle School is White: 55%. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 20 points below the 74% share among Tippecanoe County residents. The diversity index for Wea Ridge Middle School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.0 students per teacher. That is in line with the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Of all students at Wea Ridge Middle School, 50% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Wea Ridge Middle School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Indiana public middle schools.
Wea Ridge Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.5%) and its predicted rate (40.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
The school is in Tippecanoe County, where median household income comes to about $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Tippecanoe County's 38 public schools enroll about 23,655 students and include Wea Ridge Middle School.
Wea Ridge Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Wea Ridge Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 675 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 720.
This page is set up for the Wea Ridge Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Battle Ground Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Wea Ridge Elementary School0.1 mi · 609
- Mayflower Mill Elementary School1.3 mi · 585
- McCutcheon High School1.4 mi · 1,835
- Amelia Earhart Elementary School1.9 mi · 455
- Woodland Elementary School1.9 mi · 601
- Edgelea Elementary School2.4 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Wea Ridge Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wea Ridge Middle School?
Wea Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 675 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wea Ridge Middle School serve?
Wea Ridge Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wea Ridge Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Wea Ridge Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wea Ridge Middle School?
At Wea Ridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Wea Ridge Middle School?
Wea Ridge Middle School is overseen by Tippecanoe School Corp in Tippecanoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.