📍 7521 e 300 N, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, 47905
Hershey Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. The school has 562 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tippecanoe School Corp school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 66% of students are proficient in reading. 70% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Hershey Elementary School enrolls 562 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 483 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
129 of the school's 562 students (23%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 110 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Hershey Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-40, state senate district 7, state house district 25.
Hershey 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 562 students, Hershey Elementary School is smaller than 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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