LAFAYETTE ACADEMY

LAFAYETTE ACADEMY, a very small 6-8 campus in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, hosts 194 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so LAFAYETTE ACADEMY sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which oversees 44 schools and 19,478 students, LAFAYETTE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LAFAYETTE ACADEMY shows that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% White, 21% Black, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LAFAYETTE ACADEMY records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAFAYETTE ACADEMY sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.4%; actual is 74.3%, +20.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which LAFAYETTE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAFAYETTE ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAFAYETTE ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAFAYETTE ACADEMY has edged up 39%, going from 140 students in 2018 to 194 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 51% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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