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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000121
Lafayette Elementary School
101 NORTH BERMONT AVENUE, LAFAYETTE, CO 80026 · (720) 561-8900 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
100 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 54.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 School
Lafayette Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Elementary School this school | 497 | 20.1% | 58.8% |
| Governor's Ranch Elementary School LITTLETON | 458 | 21.4% | 56.0% |
| Woodrow Wilson Charter Academy WESTMINSTER | 518 | 17.2% | 52.4% |
| Orchard Hill Elementary WINDSOR | 548 | 21.4% | N/A |
| Roxborough Intermediate LITTLETON | 430 | 18.6% | 55.3% |
| Van Arsdale Elementary School ARVADA | 492 | 16.7% | 51.6% |
Matched among Colorado 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #165 of 931 | #24 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #214 of 940 ▼ 30 | #26 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #174 of 946 ▼ 16 | #24 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #238 of 1,056 | #9 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #791 of 896 | #44 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #578 of 896 | #24 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #828 of 983 | #28 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #199 of 200 | N/A |
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
497
+60 (+14%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 497 | 27.2 | 18.3:1 | 20% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 23% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 28.3 | 17.5:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 22% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 23% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (496 to 497); teachers down 4% (28.3 to 27.2).
About Lafayette Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in LAFAYETTE, Colorado. The school counts 497 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Lafayette Elementary School is a school in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. The district has 56 schools and 27,988 students.
Lafayette Elementary School's enrollment is 72% White. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, Lafayette Elementary School comes in at 44%.
Lafayette Elementary School's 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 20%. That is lower than the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lafayette Elementary School would be expected to post about 54.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.8%.
Across Boulder County, median household income is about $103,994, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Lafayette Elementary School is among the 86 public schools in Boulder County.
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School is the public school closest to Lafayette Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lafayette Elementary School places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 497 was 14% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 437.
The Lafayette Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
Other schools in LAFAYETTE
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Angevine Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Alicia Sanchez International SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other Lafayette Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Lafayette Elementary. Lafayette Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 18.
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 923 students
- Lafayette ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 827 students
- Lafayette ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 812 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolOxford, MS · 776 students
- LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMAYO, FL · 546 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School0.4 mi · 439
- Angevine Middle School0.7 mi · 619
- Alicia Sanchez International School0.9 mi · 321
- Peak to Peak Charter School1.1 mi · 1,447
- Justice High Charter School1.1 mi · 108
- Centaurus High School1.2 mi · 1,557
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lafayette Elementary School?
Lafayette Elementary School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lafayette Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lafayette Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lafayette Elementary School?
At Lafayette Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lafayette Elementary School public or private?
Lafayette Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.