Enrollment
208
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005497
Lafayette Elementary
6125 Printwood Way, San Diego, CA 92117 · (858) 987-5000 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
158 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 91% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
27.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.1% | 18.8% | 20.0% | 47.1% |
| Math | 12.4% | 14.6% | 24.7% | 48.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 43.1% | 37.9% |
| 2021-22 | 39.1% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.3% | 28.9% |
| 2017-18 | 43.0% | 34.6% |
| 2016-17 | 43.2% | 33.9% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for California 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 California'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 Elementary
Lafayette Elementary's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Elementary this school | 208 | 76.0% | 32.1% |
| Enadia Way Technology Charter West Hills | 213 | 70.0% | 39.4% |
| Isleton Elementary Isleton | 188 | 79.3% | 54.3% |
| Sequoia Elementary San Diego | 180 | 74.4% | 56.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary Ventura | 202 | 74.8% | 26.5% |
| Glenfeliz Boulevard Elementary Los Angeles | 189 | 74.1% | 45.0% |
Matched among California 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,267 of 5,151 | #282 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,538 of 5,172 ▼ 780 | #298 of 393 ▼ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,675 of 5,172 ▼ 497 | #304 of 393 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,016 of 5,116 | #86 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 208 | #5,322 of 5,915 | #415 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #7 of 5,352 | #1 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #2,002 of 5,354 | #210 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #2,552 of 5,625 | #128 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #2,990 of 3,837 | #213 of 279 |
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
208
-46 (-18%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 208 | 15.5 | 13.4:1 | 76% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 14.3 | 14.3:1 | 78% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 200 | 13.1 | 15.3:1 | 82% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 12 | 21.2:1 | 78% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 10 | 22.5:1 | 84% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 79% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | N/A | N/A | 79% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 43% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 28 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (225 to 208); teachers up 55% (10 to 15.5).
About Lafayette Elementary
Lafayette Elementary is a small elementary school serving families in San Diego, California. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 208 students enrolled. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 55% lower.
Federal data list 174 schools in San Diego Unified, with 94,828 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Lafayette Elementary are Hispanic (59%). The rest of enrollment is 24% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Diego County's population at about 35%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lafayette Elementary scores 58%.
A staff of 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 76%. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 22 points.
Lafayette Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of California public elementary schools.
The model predicts 35.0% for a school in California with Lafayette Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lafayette Elementary posts 32.1%.
San Diego County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in San Diego County number 766, with about 467,437 students.
Lafayette Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Madison High, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 32.1% is below the 38.5% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Lafayette Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 254 to 208. The ratio was 21.2:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
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Other Lafayette Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Lafayette Elementary. Lafayette Elementary is the 17th largest of the 18.
- Lafayette ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 827 students
- Lafayette ElementaryLafayette, CA · 515 students
- Lafayette ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 471 students
- Lafayette ElementaryEureka, CA · 324 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 923 students
Nearby schools
- Madison High0.4 mi · 780
- Kavod Charter0.5 mi · 395
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Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette ElementaryHow many students attend Lafayette Elementary?
Lafayette Elementary enrolls approximately 208 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lafayette Elementary serve?
Lafayette Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Lafayette Elementary?
Student demographics at Lafayette Elementary are roughly 24% White, 59% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette Elementary?
Lafayette Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
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