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What's the most underrated thing about Lafayette Avenue School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CHATHAMS·NCES 340000406016
Lafayette Avenue School
221 LAFAYETTE AVENUE, CHATHAM, NJ 07928 · (973) 457-2507 · Morris County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
15 students
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 246 | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 242 | 44% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 71% · 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
Based on grade levels within School District of the Chathams. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
77.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 79.7% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Avenue School
Lafayette Avenue School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Avenue School this school | 554 | 2.7% | 75.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Westfield | 467 | 0.6% | 74.7% |
| Marlboro Elementary School MARLBORO | 551 | 8.7% | 68.0% |
| Memorial Elementary School Montvale | 532 | 7.1% | 74.7% |
| Salt Brook School NEW PROVIDENCE | 583 | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| Willard Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 440 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #85 of 1,290 | #9 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #113 of 1,319 ▼ 48 | #12 of 77 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #132 of 1,319 ▼ 28 | #15 of 77 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #302 of 1,562 | #5 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #665 of 1,390 | #59 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #653 of 1,392 | #39 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.7% | #1,406 of 1,481 | #79 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #163 of 798 | #8 of 44 |
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
554
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
+6825% since 1990-91, when it was 8
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 554 | 49.5 | 11.2:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 51.3 | 9.6:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 52.3 | 10.4:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 58 | 10.2:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 50.7 | 13.7:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 52 | 12.5:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (696 to 554); teachers down 2% (50.7 to 49.5).
About Lafayette Avenue School
Lafayette Avenue School is a mid-sized elementary school in New Jersey, located in CHATHAM. It offers grades 3 through 5 and has 554 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Lafayette Avenue School falls under School District of the Chathams, which has 6 schools enrolling 3,548 students.
Of every 100 students at Lafayette Avenue School, about 63 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lafayette Avenue School scores 56%.
There are 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lafayette Avenue School, giving a ratio of 11.2:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. By family income, 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 19% average among public schools in Morris County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lafayette Avenue School lands at A, ahead of 90% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.7%. Lafayette Avenue School scores 75.0%.
For Morris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 156 public schools and about 72,239 students.
Chatham High School sits about 0.1 miles from Lafayette Avenue School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lafayette Avenue School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 38 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District of the Chathams
- Chatham High SchoolHigh · 1,205 students
- Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Southern Boulevard SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Milton Avenue SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Washington Avenue SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in CHATHAM
- Chatham High SchoolHigh · 1,205 students
- Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Southern Boulevard SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Milton Avenue SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Washington Avenue SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Chatham High School0.1 mi · 1,205
- Washington Avenue School0.5 mi · 286
- Southern Boulevard School0.7 mi · 369
- Chatham Middle School1.1 mi · 833
- Kings Road School1.2 mi · 275
- Milton Avenue School1.4 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Avenue SchoolHow large is Lafayette Avenue School?
Lafayette Avenue School enrolls approximately 554 students in grades 03-05.
Is Lafayette Avenue School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lafayette Avenue School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lafayette Avenue School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lafayette Avenue School is approximately 11.2:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lafayette Avenue School?
Student demographics at Lafayette Avenue School are roughly 63% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 20% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Lafayette Avenue School in?
Lafayette Avenue School is part of School District of the Chathams.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.