West Lafayette Intermediate School

West Lafayette Intermediate School, a medium-sized middle school in West Lafayette, Indiana, part of West Lafayette Com School Corp, instructs 536 students, covering grades 4 through 6.

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

Looking at the student body, West Lafayette Intermediate School records that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 24% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Tippecanoe County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tippecanoe County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Lafayette Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.4%, the actual is 71.0%, a residual of +12.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tippecanoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,636, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tippecanoe County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,655 students), West Lafayette Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

West Lafayette Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Lafayette Intermediate School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Lafayette Intermediate School has showed little movement, going from 538 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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