West Lafayette Elementary School

West Lafayette Elementary School is an elementary-level community of roomy scale in West Lafayette, Indiana, overseen by West Lafayette Com School Corp, caters to 691 students in grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 58% above the state mean of about 436.

Within West Lafayette Com School Corp, which oversees 3 schools and 2,343 students, West Lafayette Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, West Lafayette Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Asian, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, West Lafayette Elementary School records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting West Lafayette Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Tippecanoe County's rate of about 44%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Lafayette Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.4%; West Lafayette Elementary School posts 77.2%, +19.8 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tippecanoe County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,636 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 West Lafayette Elementary School is one.

West Lafayette Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Lafayette Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Lafayette Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 53.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 709 students in 2018 compared to 691 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 55% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the West Lafayette Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.