Lafayette Elementary School

Lafayette Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Albany, Oregon, part of Greater Albany Public SD 8J. The school works with 295 students in grades K through 5.

Lafayette Elementary School is one of 20 schools operated by Greater Albany Public SD 8J, a district that instructs 8,771 students overall.

On demographics, Lafayette Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Lafayette Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lafayette Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 23.2%.

Across the wider county, Linn County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,329 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Lafayette Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Calapooia Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lafayette Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lafayette Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lafayette Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 295). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 27% to 36%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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