Schools & Education - Lafayette, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, & Surrounding Areas
Schools & Education-
Lafayette, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County
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Education
Purdue University
Located in West Lafayette, Purdue enrolled over
38,000 students in 2003-04. Purdue is a land-grant college, created by the Morrill Act signed by President Lincoln on July 2, 1862. By this act, the federal government offered public land to any state which would use the proceeds from the sale of the land to establish & maintain a college to teach agriculture & mechanic arts.
Ivy Tech State College
Ivy Tech State College is a state-assisted college which offers vocational training to the residents of Indiana. Programs are offered in business, health, and trade-technical areas. Numerous options are available in each of three divisions: a one-year technical certificate, a two-year associate's degree or classes for upgrading or learning new skills.
The Community College of Indiana offers associate degrees in liberal arts through Ivy Tech State College in collaboration with Vincennes University.
Vocational Schools
Indiana Business College is an accredited member of the Association of Independent Colleges and Schools. Programs are offered in accounting, business management, fashion merchandising, hospitality, secretarial,etc. IBC also offers associate degrees.
The St. Elizabeth School of Nursing offers a three-year diploma program with an optional B.S.N. Program.
Lafayette Beauty Academy and Christina & Co. are the area's Beauty Schools.
School Corporations
A student living in Tippecanoe County may be enrolled in one of four school corporations The Lafayette School
Corporation, Tippecanoe School Corporation, West Lafayette Community School Corporation, or the Private Schools.
The largest corporation is Tippecanoe with 10,091students enrolled in its nine elementary schools, six middle schools and two high schools. The Lafayette School Corporation, with eleven elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school enrolls 7,203 students followed by West Lafayette with 1,981 students in its two elementary schools, one junior high and one high school. Lafayette Catholic Schools serve 858 students.
Private Schools/Other Education
Children's House 2363 Yeager - W. Laf., 47906 497-3660
Faith Christian 5526 SR 26 E. - Laf., 47905 447-2727
First Asmb. of God 108 Beck Ln. - Laf., 47909 474-1432
Laf. Christian 525 N 26th St. - Laf., 47904 447-3052
Pleasantview 3509 Soldiers Home -W. Laf., 47906 497-7978
Seventh-Day Ad. 3509 Soldiers Home - W. Laf., 47906 463-1221
Montessori of Laf. 2552 Soldiers Home - W. Laf., 47906 464-1133
St. James Lutheran 615 N 8th St. - Laf., 47901 742-6464
Jack & Jill School 2537 Oxford - Laf., 47909 474-4354
Wabash Center 2000 Greenbush - Laf., 47904 423-5531
Lafayette Adult 324 South St. Laf., 47901 476-2920
Resource Acad.
Lafayette School Corporation
Superintendent Edward Eiler (765) 771-6000
Elementary Schools:
Earhart 3280 S 9th St. - Laf., 47909 772-4740
Edgelea 2910 S. 18th St. - Laf., 47909 772-4780
Glen Acres 3727 Kimberly Dr. - Laf., 47905 771-6150
Miami 2401 Beck Lane - Laf., 47909 772-4800
Miller 700 S. Fourth St.- Laf., 47905 476-2930
Murdock 3100 Cason St. - Laf., 47904 771-6120
Oakland 511 S. 21st St. - Laf., 47905 771-6130
Vinton 3101 Elmwood Ave. - Laf., 47904 771-6140
Middle Schools:
Sunnyside 2500 Cason St. - Laf., 47904 771-6100
Tecumseh 2101 S. 18th St. - Laf., 47905 772-4750
High School:
Jefferson 1801 S. 18th St. - Laf., 47905 772-4700
Tippecanoe School Corporation
Superintendent Richard Wood (765) 474-2481
Elementary Schools:
Battle Ground 303 Main St. - BG., 47920 567-2200
Burnett Creek 5700 N 50. - W. Laf., 47906 463-2237
Cole 6418 E 900 South - Laf., 47909 523-2141
Dayton 320 College - Dayton, 47941 447-5004
Hershey 7521 E 300 North - Laf., 47905 589-3907
Klondike 3311 Klondike Rd. - W. Laf., 47906 463-5505
Mayflower Mill 200 E 500 South - Laf., 47909 538-3875
Mintonye 2000 W 800 South - Laf., 47909 538-2780
Wea Ridge 1333 E 430 S. - Laf., 47909 471-9321
Middle Schools:
Battle Ground 511 Main - BG, 47920 567-2122
East Tipp 7501 E 300 North -Laf., 47905 589-3566
Klondike 3307 Klondike Rd. - W. Laf., 47906 463-2544
Southwestern 2100 W 800 South - Laf., 47909 538-3025
Wainwright 7501 E 700 South - Laf., 47905 523-2151
Wea Ridge 4410 South 150 East 471-2164
High Schools:
Harrison 5701 N 50 West - W. Laf., 47906 463-3511
McCutcheon 4951 US 231 South - Laf., 47909 474-1488
West Lafayette School Corporation
Superintendent Rocky Killion (765) 746-1602
Elementary Schools:
Cumberland 600 Cumberland Ave. -W. Laf., 47906 464-3212
Happy Hollow 1200 N Salisbury St. - W. Laf., 47906 746-0500
Jr. High/High Schools:
West Lafayette Jr. 1105 N Grant St. - W. Laf., 47906 746-0404
West Lafayette 1105 N Grant St. - W. Laf., 47906 746-0400
Lafayette Catholic Schools
Superintendent Lois Meyer (765) 474-7500
Elementary Schools:
St. Lawrence 1902 Meharry St. - Laf., 47904 742-4450
St. Mary 1200 South St. - Laf., 47901 742-6302
Middle School:
St. Boniface 813 North St. - Laf., 47901 742-7913
Jr. High/High Schools:
Central Catholic 2410 S Ninth St. - Laf., 47909 474-8752
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