Wyandotte Elementary

Wyandotte Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Lafayette, Indiana, one of the schools within Tippecanoe School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 522 students spanning grades K through 5.

Tippecanoe School Corp comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 13,663 students; Wyandotte Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Wyandotte Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tippecanoe County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wyandotte Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 51.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tippecanoe County put the typical household earns roughly $60,636 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Wyandotte Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dayton Elementary School, around 2.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wyandotte Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

Wyandotte Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 522 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 74% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.