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Enrollment
855
High
DISTRICT 714 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 280237000463
Lafayette High School
160 Commodore Dr., Oxford, MS 38655 · (662) 234-3614 · Lafayette County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL855 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Mississippi public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 Mississippi public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
394 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 205 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 248 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 166 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 236 | 28% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
79.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 77.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 High School
Lafayette High School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette High School this school | 855 | 46.1% | 69.7% |
| Newton County High School Decatur | 768 | 48.0% | 70.4% |
| Saltillo High School SALTILLO | 939 | 44.5% | 66.4% |
| Florence High School Florence | 718 | 39.8% | 68.5% |
| Caledonia High School CALEDONIA | 640 | 42.3% | 79.5% |
| Purvis High School Purvis | 614 | 49.8% | 72.4% |
Matched among Mississippi high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #47 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #41 of 199 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #72 of 199 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 855 | #54 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #84 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #114 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #172 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #48 of 63 |
Ranked against other public high 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
855
+28 (+3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 939
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 855 | 69.3 | 12.3:1 | 46% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 60.9 | 14.4:1 | 43% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 59.2 | 14.7:1 | 100% (865) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 100% (824) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 52.2 | 15.8:1 | 51% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 54% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 56% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 51% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 939 | 52 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette High School.
About Lafayette High School
Lafayette High School is a mid-sized high school in Oxford, Mississippi, (ZIP code 38655). It had 855 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Mississippi average about 651 students, which makes this school 31% above average.
Lafayette County has 2,854 students in 4 schools, and Lafayette High School is one of those schools.
About 74% of the student body at Lafayette High School is White. Enrollment also includes 22% Black and 2% Hispanic. Lafayette County residents are about 70% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lafayette High School scores 41%.
Classroom staffing at Lafayette High School totals 69.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. That is in line with the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Federal data show 46% of students (394) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lafayette County is close, at 49%.
Lafayette High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of Mississippi public high schools.
Lafayette High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.7% and a predicted 71.2%.
In Lafayette County, home to about 58,327 people, median household income comes to about $67,185, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,617, Lafayette High School among them.
Lafayette Middle School is the nearest public school to Lafayette High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Lafayette High School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 827 (2020-21) to 855 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.2:1 to 12.3:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lafayette High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lafayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,327
Census ACS
Median income
$67,185
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,617 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette County
- Lafayette Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Lafayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- OXF/LAF SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECHHigh
Other schools in Oxford
- Oxford High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Lafayette Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Bramlett Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Della Davidson Elementary SchoolElementary · 704 students
Other Lafayette High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Lafayette High. Lafayette High School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Lafayette High SchoolLexington, KY · 2,370 students
- Lafayette High SchoolLafayette, LA · 1,720 students
- Lafayette HighWilliamsburg, VA · 1,247 students
- LaFayette High SchoolLa Fayette, GA · 1,157 students
- LAFAYETTE HIGHST JOSEPH, MO · 644 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette Middle School0.1 mi · 420
- Lafayette Upper Elementary School0.1 mi · 803
- Lafayette Elementary School0.5 mi · 776
- Oxford Middle School1.3 mi · 667
- Bramlett Elementary School1.4 mi · 715
- Della Davidson Elementary School1.4 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lafayette High School?
Lafayette High School enrolls approximately 855 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lafayette High School serve?
Lafayette High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Lafayette High School have?
Lafayette High School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Lafayette High School?
Student demographics at Lafayette High School are roughly 74% White, 2% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lafayette High School in?
Lafayette High School is part of Lafayette County.
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