Lafayette Elementary School

Lafayette Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in Oxford, Mississippi, run under Lafayette County, with 776 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 74% larger than typical.

Lafayette County comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,854 students; Lafayette Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lafayette Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 18% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lafayette County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lafayette Elementary School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lafayette County indicate median household income runs about $67,185, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lafayette County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,617 students), of which Lafayette Elementary School is one.

Lafayette High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 776 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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