Lafayette Township School

Lafayette Township School is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in LAFAYETTE, New Jersey, part of Lafayette Township School District, works with 232 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Lafayette Township School answers to Lafayette Township School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Lafayette Township School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lafayette Township School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sussex County (around 23%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lafayette Township School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.9%; actual is 41.1%, a gap of -21.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,186, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Sussex County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), of which Lafayette Township School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sussex County Technology Charter School, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lafayette Township School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 86% to 74% over that span.

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