Summary:
ZIP code 47906 is home to three middle schools — Battle Ground Middle School and Klondike Middle School, which serve grades 6–8 in Tippecanoe School Corp, and West Lafayette Intermediate School, which serves grades 4–6 in West Lafayette Com School Corp — enrolling 1,696 students in total. One important note for parents: because West Lafayette Intermediate includes younger grades, its all-grade test scores are not directly comparable to the other two, so the shared 6th-grade results are the fairest comparison.
West Lafayette Intermediate leads the group in current all-grade proficiency — ELA 66.34%, math 69.50%, science 68.97% — and it is the clear standout on the shared 6th-grade measures, leading in ELA (74.85%), math (71.17%) and science (69.94%). It also has the strongest conditions for learning: the lowest chronic absenteeism at 4.0% (versus 16.7% statewide), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (24.25%), the smallest student-teacher ratio (15.5), and the highest per-student spending ($12,958). One nuance: its all-grade math score of 69.50% is 2.83 points below its own district average of 72.33%.
Battle Ground and Klondike are both ranked high statewide: Battle Ground is 25th of 486 Indiana middle schools with 5 stars, and Klondike is 40th of 486, also 5 stars. Their ELA results are nearly identical (63.75% and 64.54%), but they diverge in math (54.95% vs. 51.43%) and especially science (65.67% vs. 54.05%). Across all three schools, ELA is tightly bunched — a spread of only 2.59 points — while math spans 18.07 points and science 14.92 points. Battle Ground improved in ELA, math and science year over year; Klondike gained in ELA but slipped in math and science. All three keep absenteeism below the state rate.
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