Summary:
Paramount School of Excellence Lafayette is the only school in the Paramount School of Excellence Lafayette district — a K–8 elementary school with 193 students at 1904 Elmwood Ave in Lafayette, Indiana. Because the school and the district are the same entity, there are no other local schools to compare it with; the useful comparisons are between grade levels, across the last three years, and against Indiana statewide figures. In 2025–26 the school ranked 496th of 1,015 Indiana schools (51st percentile) and earned 3 stars, its best result in the three years on record.
Academically, 2025–26 was a clear step forward: proficiency rose in every subject measured, including English language arts (30.83% to 46.56%), math (28.33% to 41.54%), science (8.70% to 31.37%) and 5th-grade social studies (21.88% to 47.62%). Third grade is the standout, at 63.16% in ELA and 68.42% in math — 22.4 and 16.5 points above the state. Sixth grade is the opposite: ELA, math and science all fall below state, and it is the largest tested group. Fourth-grade math (31.58% against 52.0% statewide) is the sharpest single gap. Overall, the school matches or beats the state in 10 of the 15 available grade-and-subject comparisons.
Two features shape the picture. Chronic absenteeism is 28.2%, roughly 1.7 times Indiana's 16.7%. About 75.13% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-pupil spending is $16,158, and the student–teacher ratio is 14.8:1. Tested grade sizes are small (roughly 17–32 students), so percentages swing easily and a single student can move a grade by 5–6 points; K–2 students take no ILEARN test, leaving about a third of the building unmeasured. The three-year rank path — 38th, then 25th, then 51st percentile — reads as volatile recovery rather than a settled trend.
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