Lafayette Elementary

As an average-sized elementary campus in Lafayette, California, Lafayette Elementary teaches 515 students from grades K through 5, run under Lafayette Elementary.

Across the 6 schools in Lafayette Elementary (3,230 students total), Lafayette Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lafayette Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% multiracial, 15% Asian, 12% Hispanic. Compared to Contra Costa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lafayette Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lafayette Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.3%.

Around the school, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household income runs about $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Lafayette Elementary is one campus in the mix.

M. H. Stanley Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lafayette Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lafayette Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 81.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Lafayette Elementary's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 515). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 60% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 29.8:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.