Lafayette Elementary

Lafayette Elementary is one of the cozy elementary schools in San Diego, California, operated by San Diego Unified, with 208 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lafayette Elementary sits 55% below that benchmark.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Lafayette Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Lafayette Elementary records that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 24% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lafayette Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lafayette Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Zooming out to the county, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Lafayette Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madison High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lafayette Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

Lafayette Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lafayette Elementary has edged down 8%, going from 225 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 67% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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