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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Lafayette Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005637
Lafayette Elementary
4545 Anza St., San Francisco, CA 94121 · (415) 750-8483 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
143 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
70.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
70.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.0% | 23.9% | 19.6% | 9.6% |
| Math | 42.5% | 27.9% | 21.0% | 8.6% |
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 | 70.9% | 70.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 80.6% |
| 2022-23 | 77.1% | 74.1% |
| 2021-22 | 74.7% | 74.1% |
| 2018-19 | 76.4% | 76.1% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 73.9% |
| 2016-17 | 75.4% | 73.9% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 (75.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Elementary this school | 471 | 30.4% | 75.2% |
| Marian Bergeson Elementary Laguna Niguel | 423 | 29.8% | 70.0% |
| Springbrook Elementary Irvine | 539 | 29.1% | 61.8% |
| Chabot Elementary Castro Valley | 496 | 28.2% | 71.6% |
| Key (Francis Scott) Elementary San Francisco | 552 | 27.4% | 73.1% |
| Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary San Francisco | 356 | 29.5% | 54.2% |
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 Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #425 of 5,151 | #9 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #585 of 5,172 ▼ 384 | #16 of 69 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #703 of 5,172 ▼ 381 | #15 of 69 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #787 of 5,116 | #26 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,790 of 5,915 | #18 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,894 of 5,352 | #33 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #299 of 5,354 | #17 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #4,743 of 5,625 | #62 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #2,368 of 3,837 | #20 of 42 |
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
471
-48 (-9%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 471 | 20.6 | 22.9:1 | 30% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 22.8 | 22.0:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 27% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 19.5 | 27.6:1 | 32% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 34% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | N/A | N/A | 28% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 56% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 25 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (538 to 471); teachers up 6% (19.5 to 20.6).
About Lafayette Elementary
Students in San Francisco, California, attend Lafayette Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 471 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Lafayette Elementary is part of San Francisco Unified, where 106 schools serve 48,706 students.
Asian students make up 37% of enrollment at Lafayette Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 26% White, 21% multiracial, and 14% Hispanic. That is in line with San Francisco County, where about 35% of residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.9:1. The school has 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. In all, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County.
Lafayette Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Lafayette Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 75.2% actual against a predicted 61.8%.
Looking at the county, San Francisco County, median household income comes to about $140,970, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 132, with about 56,505 students.
Washington (George) High is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lafayette Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school shrank from 519 students in 2020-21 to 471 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.9:1.
The allk12 page for Lafayette Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Francisco Unified
- Lowell HighHigh · 2,571 students
- Lincoln (Abraham) HighHigh · 2,074 students
- Washington (George) HighHigh · 2,068 students
- Galileo HighHigh · 1,750 students
- Balboa HighHigh · 1,238 students
- Giannini (A.P.) MiddleMiddle · 1,183 students
Other schools in San Francisco
- Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's)High · 3,447 students
- Lowell HighHigh · 2,571 students
- Lincoln (Abraham) HighHigh · 2,074 students
- Washington (George) HighHigh · 2,068 students
- Galileo HighHigh · 1,750 students
- Balboa HighHigh · 1,238 students
Other Lafayette Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Lafayette Elementary. Lafayette Elementary is the 9th largest of the 18.
- Lafayette ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 827 students
- Lafayette ElementaryLafayette, CA · 515 students
- Lafayette ElementaryEureka, CA · 324 students
- Lafayette ElementarySan Diego, CA · 208 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 923 students
Nearby schools
- Washington (George) High0.3 mi · 2,068
- Presidio Middle0.5 mi · 992
- Alamo Elementary0.9 mi · 390
- Argonne Elementary1.1 mi · 391
- Key (Francis Scott) Elementary1.4 mi · 552
- Lawton Alternative1.4 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette ElementaryHow large is Lafayette Elementary?
Lafayette Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lafayette Elementary serve?
Lafayette Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary.
How diverse is Lafayette Elementary?
Lafayette Elementary reports a student body of 26% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 37% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette Elementary?
Lafayette Elementary is overseen by San Francisco Unified in San Francisco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.