Lafayette MS

Set in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Lafayette MS is a tiny junior high, run under Uniontown Area SD. It instructs 150 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

Uniontown Area SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,485 students; Lafayette MS is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lafayette MS records that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 31% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, Lafayette MS logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lafayette MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 26.5%.

Across the wider county, Fayette County reports that median household income runs about $58,236, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,340 students), Lafayette MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lafayette El Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lafayette MS. On composite proficiency, Lafayette MS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lafayette MS's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 175 (now 150). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 40% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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