Enrollment
232
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340813005374
Lafayette Township School
178 BEAVER RUN ROAD, LAFAYETTE, NJ 07848 · (973) 875-3344 · Sussex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New Jersey 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.
- FBeats 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
8.6:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
14 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 27 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 41.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Township School
Lafayette Township School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Township School this school | 232 | 6.0% | 41.1% |
| Peter Cooper School RINGWOOD | 235 | 6.8% | 65.7% |
| Godwin Elementary School Midland Park | 233 | 7.3% | N/A |
| Gillette Elementary School Gillette | 215 | 10.2% | N/A |
| Frederic N. Brown Elementary School VERONA | 247 | 1.2% | 55.7% |
| Wilson Elementary School WEST CALDWELL | 214 | 9.3% | 56.9% |
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 Township School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #718 of 1,290 | #17 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #629 of 1,319 ▲ 81 | #13 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #743 of 1,319 ▲ 5 | #17 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,334 of 1,562 | #23 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #84 of 1,390 | #3 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #1,021 of 1,392 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #1,330 of 1,481 | #26 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #446 of 545 | #15 of 16 |
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
232
+38 (+20%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 232 | 27.1 | 8.6:1 | 6% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 25.9 | 8.3:1 | 8% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 205 | 23.9 | 8.6:1 | 10% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | 23 | 8.4:1 | 12% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 25 | 9.0:1 | 12% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 26 | 9.3:1 | 15% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 6% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 4% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 20 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Township School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (225 to 232); teachers up 8% (25 to 27.1).
About Lafayette Township School
Lafayette Township School is a small elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in LAFAYETTE. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 232 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
The school's district is Lafayette Township School District.
The share of White students at Lafayette Township School is 74%, a majority. It is also 21% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sussex County is roughly 82% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Staffing at Lafayette Township School comes to 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.6:1. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Sussex County, the average is 23%.
Lafayette Township School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lafayette Township School scores 21.8 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.1%; the prediction is 62.9%.
In the wider Sussex County area, the median household earns about $116,186 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Sussex County counts 46 public schools with about 19,579 students.
Sussex County Technology Charter School is the nearest public school to Lafayette Township School, about 1.7 miles away. Lafayette Township School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.4%, higher than Lafayette Township School's 41.1%.
Federal data place Lafayette Township School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 194 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 232 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Lafayette Township School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Sussex County Technology Charter School1.7 mi · 225
- Sussex County Technical School2.5 mi · 672
- Hardyston Township Middle School3.3 mi · 261
- Wallkill Valley Regional High School3.7 mi · 581
- Franklin Borough School3.9 mi · 527
- Northern Hills Academy4.1 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Township SchoolHow large is Lafayette Township School?
Lafayette Township School enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lafayette Township School serve?
Lafayette Township School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lafayette Township School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lafayette Township School is approximately 8.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lafayette Township School?
Student demographics at Lafayette Township School are roughly 74% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lafayette Township School public or private?
Lafayette Township School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafayette Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.