Summary:
Zip code 47904 contains six schools — four elementary, one middle, and one high school, enrolling about 2,399 students total — spread across three districts: Lafayette School Corporation, Paramount School of Excellence Lafayette, and Excel Center - Lafayette. The area faces high poverty, with an average free/reduced lunch rate near 70.7%, and every school's chronic absenteeism rate is above the state's 16.7%, making attendance an area-wide challenge.
Within Lafayette School Corporation (ranked 243 of 374), outcomes differ sharply. Vinton Elementary School is the academic standout: 50.34% proficient in ELA, 61.38% in math, and 37.04% in science, all far above the district's 30.68% / 29.89% / 28.92%, and its rank jumped from 639 of 1,005 to 330 of 1,015. Oakland Elementary School leads in ELA at 52.24%, with exceptional 3rd grade results (ELA 72.41%, math 79.31%), though its 4th grade falls below state. Murdock Elementary School is above district in math (41.58%) but roughly equal in ELA, and Lafayette Sunnyside Intermediate, the largest school with 1,031 students, is below district averages in all three subjects.
Paramount School of Excellence Lafayette (district rank 155 of 374) shows large gains — ELA rose from 30.83% to 46.56% and science from 8.7% to 31.37% — and has the highest per-student spending at $16,158. Excel Center - Lafayette is a stark outlier: district rank 373 of 374, a 26.2% graduation rate, 96.5% chronic absenteeism, 0% SAT math proficiency, $4,417 spending, and a 24.4 student-teacher ratio; its Biology EOC result is not reported and should be treated as unknown. Science is a common weakness, and grade-level performance swings widely within schools.
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