📍 6418 e 900 S, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, 47909
James Cole Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. The school has 300 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tippecanoe School Corp school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
James Cole Elementary School enrolls 300 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 266 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 9.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
109 of the school's 300 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 91 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
James Cole Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-40, state senate district 22, state house district 41.
James Cole 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 300 students, James Cole 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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