Lafayette El Sch

Lafayette El Sch operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, operated by Lancaster SD. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Lancaster SD, which oversees 19 schools and 9,901 students, Lafayette El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lafayette El Sch shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 14% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lafayette El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 28.1%.

Around the school, census data for Lancaster County shows median household income runs about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Lafayette El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Hamilton El Sch, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lafayette El Sch at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

Lafayette El Sch operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 61% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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