Lafayette Early Childhood Center

Lafayette Early Childhood Center is a small elementary school in South Bend, Indiana. Enrolled students number 6 students, in pre-K. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students each.

South Bend Community School Corp enrolls 13,585 students, and its 29 schools include Lafayette Early Childhood Center.

A majority of students at Lafayette Early Childhood Center, 67%, are Black. Next come 33% Hispanic. The county population is about 13% Black.

Lafayette Early Childhood Center counts 1.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 5.3 students for each one. The 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is higher than this school's figure.

Among St. Joseph County residents, median household income is about $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 73 public schools in St. Joseph County, with a combined enrollment of about 35,614.

Of nearby public schools, Washington High School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Lafayette Early Childhood Center reported 167 students in 2020-21 and 6 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.

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