Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERS COUNTY·NCES 010060000256
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School
300 Ave A SE, Lafayette, AL 36862 · (334) 864-8274 · Chambers County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
239 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School→Inspire Academy
Based on grade levels within Chambers County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
13.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lafayette Eastside Elementary School
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Eastside Elementary School this school | 311 | 76.8% | 31.0% |
| Jackson Intermediate School Jackson | 282 | 75.9% | 42.6% |
| Chickasaw City Elementary School Chickasaw | 331 | 74.3% | N/A |
| Golden Springs Elementary School Anniston | 357 | 77.9% | 26.2% |
| C L Salter Elementary School Talladega | 353 | 81.3% | 33.4% |
| Joe M Gillmore Elementary School Jackson | 389 | 73.8% | N/A |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lafayette Eastside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #498 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #575 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #470 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #557 of 709 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #371 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #388 of 658 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #132 of 696 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #106 of 262 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
311
+52 (+20%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 77% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | 88% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 88% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 89% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 89% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 89% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 90% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 93% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Eastside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (273 to 311); teachers up 6% (17 to 18).
About Lafayette Eastside Elementary School
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is an elementary school located in Lafayette, Alabama, in Chambers County. It reported 311 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
Chambers County serves 3,203 students across 9 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is Black: 74%. Other groups make up 21% White and 5% Hispanic. Chambers County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School scores 41%.
A staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.3:1. It is about the same as the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 77%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chambers County is 61%.
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is 28.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.0%.
Looking at the county, Chambers County, the median household earns about $49,656 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Lafayette Eastside Elementary School, Chambers County has 13 public schools.
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from John P Powell Middle School, its nearest public school. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lafayette Eastside Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school grew from 259 students in 2020-21 to 311 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.3:1.
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Chambers County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,192
Census ACS
Median income
$49,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,174 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Chambers County
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- Fairfax Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- W F Burns Middle SchoolMiddle · 545 students
- Huguley Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Bob HardingShawmut ElementaryElementary · 232 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 182 students
Other schools in Lafayette
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 182 students
- John P Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 140 students
- Inspire Virtual AcademyHigh · 29 students
- Inspire AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- John P Powell Middle School0.0 mi · 140
- Lafayette High School0.2 mi · 182
- Inspire Virtual Academy0.9 mi · 29
- Huguley Elementary School10.5 mi · 383
- W O Lance Elementary11.7 mi · 564
- Lanett Junior High School11.8 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Eastside Elementary SchoolHow large is Lafayette Eastside Elementary School?
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Lafayette Eastside Elementary School serve?
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lafayette Eastside Elementary School have?
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Lafayette Eastside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lafayette Eastside Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 5% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lafayette Eastside Elementary School in?
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is part of Chambers County.
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