Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainAmericus’s public schools
Tippecanoe School Corporation has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Americus. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Indiana’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Americus’s schools, in brief
School by school
15 of Americus’s 19 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s 1,697 public schools. Hershey Elementary School places highest (better than 95%); Southwestern Middle School lowest (25%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
11 elementary schools serve Americus, graded from C to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then six middle schools and two high schools: William Henry Harrison High School and McCutcheon High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Americus, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Americus · depends on your address
William Henry Harrison High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,194 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in West Lafayette
McCutcheon High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,835 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lafayette
10th grade in Americus · depends on your address
William Henry Harrison High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,194 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in West Lafayette
McCutcheon High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,835 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lafayette
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Tippecanoe School Corporation.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Americus vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Indiana towns that share Americus’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Americus | — | Tippecanoe School Corporation |
| Tippecanoe | B+ | Tippecanoe School Corporation |
| Washington | B+ | Tippecanoe School Corporation |
All 2 neighbors share Tippecanoe School Corporation with Americus, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Americus
19 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Indiana’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Americus’s schools
Are Americus’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Americus. Tippecanoe School Corporation has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Americus. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 15 of its 19 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Americus in?
Tippecanoe School Corporation.
Where do Americus kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: William Henry Harrison High School and McCutcheon High School.
Parents talk
What Americus families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Americus → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.