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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE·NCES 120102002329
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
811 E MAIN ST, MAYO, FL 32066 · (386) 294-4112 · Lafayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
358 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LAFAYETTE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
73.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 73.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 70.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 (65.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 546 | 65.6% | 65.5% |
| BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONSON | 586 | 66.4% | 48.9% |
| DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 568 | 63.2% | 45.9% |
| FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WHITE | 644 | 63.0% | 46.7% |
| STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEIRSDALE | 588 | 70.6% | 34.7% |
| MOON LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 567 | 61.2% | 40.5% |
Matched among Florida 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 Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #630 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #519 of 2,149 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #686 of 2,149 ▲ 148 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #1,242 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #331 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #1,367 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #661 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #1,072 of 1,374 |
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
546
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 546 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 66% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 75% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 63% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 60% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 64% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 62% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 50 | 12.1:1 | 63% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 64% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 32 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in MAYO, Florida, administered by LAFAYETTE. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 546 students.
LAFAYETTE has 2 schools and 1,152 students, and LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The student body at LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 67% White. The rest of enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among Lafayette County residents, the White share is about 70%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
On staff are 39 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 66% of students at LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the top 10% of Florida schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.1 points above it (65.5% actual, 48.3% predicted).
The county, Lafayette County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $62,757 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 10%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Lafayette County has 5 public schools with about 1,152 students, including LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Rural: Remote.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (541) and 2024-25 (546). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lafayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,161
Census ACS
Median income
$62,757
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,152 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAFAYETTE
- LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 606 students
- LAFAYETTE VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
- LAFAYETTE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION K-5 FULLTIMEElementary
- LAFAYETTE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
Other schools in MAYO
- LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 606 students
- LAFAYETTE VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
- LAFAYETTE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION K-5 FULLTIMEElementary
- LAFAYETTE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
Other Lafayette Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Lafayette Elementary. LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th 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 SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 532 students
Nearby schools
- LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 606
- BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL15.7 mi · 799
- BRANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.0 mi · 712
- SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL18.2 mi · 971
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY18.5 mi · 658
- SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY18.6 mi · 901
Frequently asked questions
About LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 546 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.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LAFAYETTE in Lafayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.