Lafayette Eastside Elementary School

As a small elementary school in Lafayette, Alabama, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School teaches 311 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under Chambers County. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Within Chambers County, which oversees 9 schools and 3,203 students, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder is composed of 21% White, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 38% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 77% of students at Lafayette Eastside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chambers County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lafayette Eastside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Chambers County) records that the typical household earns roughly $49,656 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chambers County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,174 students), Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John P Powell Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lafayette Eastside Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.0%.

Lafayette Eastside Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lafayette Eastside Elementary School has edged up 14%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 86% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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