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Dayton Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 730 College St, Dayton, Tippecanoe County, 47941

377
Pupils
15.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Dayton Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dayton, Tippecanoe County. The school has 377 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tippecanoe School Corp school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Tippecanoe School Corp

Enrollment & staffing

Dayton Elementary School enrolls 377 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.

Male students
194 (51%)
Female students
183 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
24.5
Student-teacher ratio
15.4:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 4% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White30180%
Hispanic or Latino4412%
Two or more races154%
Black or African American143.7%
Asian3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

160 of the school's 377 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 147 qualify for free lunch and 13 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, MidsizeGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Dayton Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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 7, state house district 25.

School district: Tippecanoe School Corp

Dayton 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 377 students, Dayton Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 683 students per school.

13,663
District students
20
Schools
823
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

42%
Reading proficient
47%
Math proficient
10%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Suburb - Midsize

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