📍 4410 S 150 e, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, 47909
Wea Ridge Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. The school has 710 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tippecanoe School Corp school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wea Ridge Middle School enrolls 710 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 396 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 186 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
386 of the school's 710 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 353 qualify for free lunch and 33 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 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 13.
Wea Ridge 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 710 students, Wea Ridge Middle 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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