LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in LAFAYETTE, New York, LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a tight-knit four-year high school, overseen by LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 298 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 668.

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 756 students. LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 29% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 51.3%.

Around the school, Onondaga County reports that median household income runs about $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 356 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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