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Lafayette, Indiana - 1 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Excel Center - Lafayette #326 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $4,925 per pupil, Excel Center - Lafayette ranks #397 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$4,925
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Excel Center - Lafayette operates 1 public schools serving 322 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Tippecanoe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $4,925 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 41 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.8% local, 93.7% state, and 5.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #326 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
. Demographically, the student body averages 39.3% White, 27.6% African American, 24.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Excel Center - Lafayette, enrolling 366 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Excel Center - Lafayette accounts for 100.0% of all Excel Center - Lafayette student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Excel Center - Lafayette a distant remainder — means Excel Center - Lafayette-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.