📍 1333 e 430 S, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, 47909
Wea Ridge Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. The school has 609 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tippecanoe School Corp school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wea Ridge Elementary School enrolls 609 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 17% Black or African American and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 358 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 102 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 101 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
332 of the school's 609 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 302 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wea Ridge Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-40, state senate district 22, state house district 13.
Wea Ridge Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Tippecanoe School Corp, based in Lafayette, Indiana. The district serves 13,663 students district-wide and employs 823 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 609 students, Wea Ridge Elementary School is close to the district average of about 683 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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