📍 2100 W 800 S, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, 47905
Southwestern Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. The school has 496 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tippecanoe School Corp school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southwestern Middle School enrolls 496 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 376 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 8.5% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 5 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
201 of the school's 496 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 171 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.
Southwestern Middle 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 26.
Southwestern Middle 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 496 students, Southwestern Middle 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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