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West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School

Public Grades 7-12
5th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 415 Indiana High Schools
Better than 99% of Indiana high schools
Summary

West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School is the only secondary campus in the West Lafayette Com School Corp, serving 1,116 students in grades 7–12 on N Grant Street in West Lafayette, Indiana, a university-anchored city in Tippecanoe County. It is one of Indiana's most consistent high performers: across ten reported school years it has never ranked outside the top 6 high schools in the state and has never earned fewer than 5 stars — top 1% of Indiana high schools every year.

Results sit well apart from nearby schools. In 2025–26, 11th-grade SAT proficiency was 87.17 in reading/writing and 66.31 in math — about 19 and 24 points ahead of the next-best local school, William Henry Harrison High School (68.66 and 42.51). The two schools closest to this campus, Jefferson High School and Excel Center - Lafayette, post math proficiency of 17.17% and 0%. Because it includes grades 7–8, the school also reports ILEARN results, and those run about double the state in math (71.56 in grade 7, 65.78 in grade 8). Biology end-of-course proficiency is 76.0, essentially tied with Rossville Middle/Senior High School for the regional lead.

Subgroup performance is the school's strongest equity signal: low-income students rank 3rd of 390 Indiana schools, and students with disabilities, English learners, and students across racial and ethnic groups all place in the top decile. Graduation rate is strong at 96.9% (state 89.7%) but not the local leader — Frontier Junior-Senior High School reaches 97.5%. The clear red flag is chronic absenteeism, which climbed from 2.6% in 2020–21 to 27.7% in 2024–25, now above both the district (16.2%) and state (16.7%) rates. Reading/language-arts results have also softened even as math and science have improved, and per-student spending is $14,927.

1,116
Students ?
14.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,927
Per pupil spending ?
20.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1105 N Grant St
       West Lafayette, IN  47906

(765) 746-0400

District: West Lafayette Com School Corp


Feeder schools for West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School:

Elementary:    West Lafayette Elementary School
Middle:    West Lafayette Intermediate School
Racial breakdown:

White:
55.3%
Asian:
25.2%
Hispanic:
7.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2016 → 99th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Indiana average (68% vs 39% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 1% of Indiana high schools
✓97% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)
Worth a look
!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 17% Indiana)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school68%
District avg70%
Indiana avg39%
Middle school
28th of 486
Indiana public middle schools ?
Top 6%▼ down 4 pts since 2016
From top 2% (2016) to top 6% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Indiana Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
5th of 415
Indiana public high schools ?
Top 1%▬ steady since 2016
See the entire ranking list of Indiana High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202691.828 of 48694.2%★★★★★
202595.614 of 48097.1%★★★★★
202494.815 of 49196.9%★★★★★
202395.510 of 48998.0%★★★★★
202296.510 of 49098.0%★★★★★
202196.77 of 48398.6%★★★★★
201994.015 of 47096.8%★★★★★
201890.220 of 47395.8%★★★★★
201794.97 of 47298.5%★★★★★
201692.29 of 49498.2%★★★★★
201591.913 of 48597.3%★★★★★
201487.213 of 47097.2%★★★★★
201388.613 of 44497.1%★★★★★
201293.32 of 44799.6%★★★★★
201189.89 of 45198.0%★★★★★
201093.84 of 42899.1%★★★★★
200994.28 of 42398.1%★★★★★
200894.06 of 39298.5%★★★★★
200794.45 of 38298.7%★★★★★
200694.53 of 37599.2%★★★★★
200595.43 of 37099.2%★★★★★
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202695.85 of 41598.8%★★★★★
202595.06 of 42998.6%★★★★★
202496.04 of 43299.1%★★★★★
202397.14 of 39899.0%★★★★★
202299.46 of 40998.5%★★★★★
202196.75 of 38898.7%★★★★★
201995.24 of 38999.0%★★★★★
201897.44 of 38599.0%★★★★★
201794.15 of 38098.7%★★★★★
201695.23 of 39499.2%★★★★★
201588.93 of 40099.3%★★★★★
201483.95 of 37998.7%★★★★★
201388.62 of 35399.4%★★★★★
201290.71 of 37399.7%★★★★★
201187.05 of 36498.6%★★★★★
201090.53 of 36299.2%★★★★★
200995.94 of 36498.9%★★★★★
200896.12 of 36099.4%★★★★★
200796.31 of 35499.7%★★★★★
200695.62 of 34999.4%★★★★★
200595.34 of 34998.9%★★★★★

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202498.81 of 13299.2%★★★★★
202398.21 of 12599.2%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202688.93 of 4292.9%★★★★★
202588.03 of 4493.2%★★★★★
202488.12 of 4795.7%★★★★★
202387.93 of 4993.9%★★★★★
202292.32 of 4495.5%★★★★★

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202591.84 of 11996.6%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202696.14 of 39599.0%★★★★★
202596.25 of 38798.7%★★★★★
202496.43 of 39299.2%★★★★★
202398.04 of 38899.0%★★★★★

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202691.74 of 19497.9%★★★★★
202594.43 of 18198.3%★★★★★
202498.02 of 18498.9%★★★★★
202398.42 of 16698.8%★★★★★
202288.321 of 16487.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202694.93 of 39099.2%★★★★★
202586.413 of 37796.6%★★★★★
202496.53 of 37799.2%★★★★★
202379.530 of 37992.1%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202695.05 of 39798.7%★★★★★
202593.08 of 38697.9%★★★★★
202495.07 of 39298.2%★★★★★
202395.98 of 38397.9%★★★★★

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202697.52 of 11298.2%★★★★★
202590.110 of 11191.0%★★★★★
202495.96 of 10294.1%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202591.510 of 29896.6%★★★★★
202499.94 of 28998.6%★★★★★
202399.93 of 28598.9%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202693.913 of 38796.6%★★★★★
202593.911 of 37797.1%★★★★★
202494.48 of 38197.9%★★★★★
202396.07 of 37598.1%★★★★★
202299.36 of 37898.4%★★★★★
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
High school
African American (2024)99th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)99th percentile~ school
Female (2026)99th percentile~ school
Male (2026)99th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2026)98th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)98th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)97th percentile~ school
White (2026)97th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)97th percentile~ school
Asian (2026)93rd percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?
Evidence-based Reading and Writing87%+35 vs state
Biology76%
Math69%
Mathematics66%+41 vs state
English Language Arts56%

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Yes! West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 5th of 415 Indiana high schools.

West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : West Lafayette Elementary School
Middle : West Lafayette Intermediate School

Students at West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School are 55% White, 25% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 5% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,116 students attended West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School.

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Latest Indiana data All new data »
2025–26 ILEARN & SAT test scoresNewSep 25, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 5, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataSep 4, 2025
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJul 16, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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