Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONTOWN AREA SD·NCES 422415006097
Lafayette Elementary School
303 Connellsville St, Uniontown, PA 15401 · (724) 438-3581 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
267 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 71% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 59% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.7pp since 2023
Math
9.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.3% | 9.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 8.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Elementary School this school | 283 | 94.3% | 20.7% |
| Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 Pittsburgh | 256 | 98.4% | 28.3% |
| Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 Pittsburgh | 233 | 91.4% | 46.6% |
| Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 Pittsburgh | 248 | 96.8% | 32.2% |
| Musser Elementary School Sharon | 324 | 97.5% | 30.4% |
| Monessen El Center Monessen | 330 | 86.1% | 20.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,284 of 1,396 | #20 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #1,424 of 1,511 ▼ 10 | #21 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,309 of 1,511 ▼ 103 | #20 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,308 of 1,638 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #688 of 1,528 | #8 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #202 of 1,531 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #593 of 1,600 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #712 of 1,045 | #8 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
283
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 283 | 22.2 | 12.8:1 | 94% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 22.8 | 11.7:1 | 100% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 19.7 | 13.2:1 | 89% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 99% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 22.2 | 14.0:1 | 99% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 95% (312) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (310 to 283); teachers unchanged (22.2 to 22.2).
About Lafayette Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School is a small elementary school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Uniontown Area SD. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 283 students enrolled. It has 36% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Uniontown Area SD counts 2,485 students in its 9 schools, and Lafayette Elementary School is one of them.
At Lafayette Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 42%. Other groups make up 39% Black, 13% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Pacific Islander. County-wide, 90% of Fayette County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The school's 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. At Lafayette Elementary School, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 92% average for public schools in Fayette County.
Lafayette Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 37.2%.
The school's county is Fayette County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $58,236, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 39 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,340, Lafayette Elementary School among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Lafayette Elementary School from the closest public school, Lafayette Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Lafayette Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,997
Census ACS
Median income
$58,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
15,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uniontown Area SD
- Uniontown Area SHSHigh · 716 students
- Ben Franklin SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Menallen SchoolElementary · 318 students
- A J McMullen SchoolMiddle · 164 students
- Lafayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 150 students
- Wharton SchoolElementary · 141 students
Other schools in Uniontown
- Albert Gallatin Area SHSHigh · 920 students
- Laurel Highlands SHSHigh · 753 students
- Uniontown Area SHSHigh · 716 students
- Laurel Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Ben Franklin SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Hatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other Lafayette Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Lafayette Elementary. Lafayette Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 18.
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolLancaster, PA · 437 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 923 students
- Lafayette ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 827 students
- Lafayette ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 812 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolOxford, MS · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette Middle School0.0 mi · 150
- Laurel Highlands SHS0.5 mi · 753
- Clark Elementary School0.8 mi · 282
- Uniontown Area SHS0.8 mi · 716
- Ben Franklin School1.6 mi · 502
- Hatfield Elementary School1.9 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Elementary SchoolHow large is Lafayette Elementary School?
Lafayette Elementary School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lafayette Elementary School serve?
Lafayette Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Lafayette Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lafayette Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lafayette Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 3% Hispanic, 39% Black, 13% Two or more.
Is Lafayette Elementary School public or private?
Lafayette Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Uniontown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.