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If you could change one rule at Lafayette Park Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KOKOMO SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180537000950
Lafayette Park Elementary School
919 N Korby St, Kokomo, IN 46901 · (765) 454-7060 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Indiana 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.
- CBeats 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
327 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 127 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
29.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Park Elementary School
Lafayette Park Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Park Elementary School this school | 527 | 62.0% | 28.4% |
| Riverside Elementary School Jeffersonville | 568 | 62.7% | 31.9% |
| Taylor Elementary School Kokomo | 494 | 63.8% | 24.1% |
| Eastside Elementary School Anderson | 581 | 64.2% | 33.7% |
| Fairlawn Elementary School Evansville | 450 | 60.4% | 8.9% |
| West View Elementary School Muncie | 538 | 63.9% | 29.4% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #742 of 983 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #769 of 986 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #710 of 986 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #318 of 1,079 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #39 of 991 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #232 of 996 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #313 of 1,058 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #308 of 353 | 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
527
+103 (+24%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 527 | 48.1 | 11.0:1 | 62% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 46.3 | 14.7:1 | 66% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 74% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 73% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 70% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 70% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 66% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 26% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 44 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Park Elementary School.
About Lafayette Park Elementary School
Lafayette Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Indiana, with an address in Kokomo. Enrollment is 527 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students, so this school is 21% above average.
Lafayette Park Elementary School is one of the 13 schools that make up Kokomo School Corporation (5,197 students in total).
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lafayette Park Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 18% multiracial, 16% Black, and 9% Hispanic. Among people living in Howard County, the White share is about 85%. By the diversity index, Lafayette Park Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1 at Lafayette Park Elementary School, with 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 15.5:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 62% of enrollment. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Howard County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Lafayette Park Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.6% for Lafayette Park Elementary School. The school posts 28.4%, 3.2 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Howard County show that median household income is about $64,027, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 29 public schools in Howard County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,786.
The closest public school to Lafayette Park Elementary School is Pettit Park School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Lafayette Park Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lafayette Park Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Lafayette Park Elementary School had 424 students in 2020-21 and 527 in 2024-25, a 24% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.0:1 to 11.0:1.
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,752
Census ACS
Median income
$64,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kokomo School Corporation
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 451 students
- Maple Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Boulevard Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Elwood Haynes Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
Other schools in Kokomo
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Northwestern Senior High SchoolHigh · 541 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 451 students
- Maple Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Pettit Park School0.5 mi · 215
- Wallace Elementary School0.7 mi · 360
- Excel Center - Kokomo1.2 mi · 392
- Central Middle School1.3 mi · 451
- Bon Air Elementary School1.9 mi · 261
- Bon Air Middle School2.0 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lafayette Park Elementary School?
Lafayette Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lafayette Park Elementary School serve?
Lafayette Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lafayette Park Elementary School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Lafayette Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Lafayette Park Elementary School?
Lafayette Park Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette Park Elementary School?
Lafayette Park Elementary School is overseen by Kokomo School Corporation in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.