Editing West Lafayette, Indiana (section)

==Education==
[[File:Purdue University Engineering Quad Fountain.JPG|thumb|Class of 1939 Water Sculpture]]
[[File:Purdue University Liberal Arts fountain.jpg|thumb|Loeb Fountain on Purdue's campus]]
[[File:MackeyArenaInterior.jpg|thumb|[[Mackey Arena]]]]

West Lafayette is the home of [[Purdue University|Purdue University's]] main campus, with an enrollment of over 40,000 students.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://admissions.purdue.edu/Academic_Profile/Student_Enrollment.html
 |title       = Student Enrollment and Demographics, West Lafayette Campus Fall 2011
 |publisher   = Purdue University
 |access-date  = 2011-10-01
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 |archive-date = 2011-10-04
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The [[West Lafayette Community School Corporation]] administers three schools. The school district is not coterminous with the municipality; areas annexed by the city after 2000 continue to be served by county schools. Students attend West Lafayette Elementary School (formerly Cumberland Elementary School) through third grade, while students in grades 4–6 attend West Lafayette Intermediate School. Students in the 7th grade and above attend [[West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School]].<ref>{{cite web | title =West Lafayette Community School Corporation | url=http://www.wl.k12.in.us/}}</ref> The West Lafayette Community School Corporation is a top rated, public school district with numerous accolades.

The [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] operates Pleasantview SDA School which offers courses for grades K–8, and the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette teaches K–6.  There are other schools, both public and private, that have a West Lafayette address, but these are actually located outside the city limits.

Approximately 77% of West Lafayette's population age 25 or older hold a bachelor's degree or higher according to the U.S. Census 2005–2007 American Community Survey. The city ranks sixth highest on this measure among U.S. municipalities between 20,000 and 65,000 population.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/article/20090108/LOCAL/901080425 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712183359/http://www.indystar.com/article/20090108/LOCAL/901080425 |archive-date=2014-07-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition, the [[Tippecanoe School Corporation]] and [[Lafayette School Corporation]] operate public schools outside the West Lafayette city limits. There is also a variety of [[Lafayette, Indiana#Private|private schools]] in Lafayette and an [[Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana|Ivy Tech Community College]] branch.