📍 2445 Chestnut Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, 90806
Lafayette Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The school has 863 pupils enrolled. The Principal is David Komatz. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
Lafayette Elementary enrolls 863 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 11% Black or African American and 3.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 694 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 11% |
| Asian | 29 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 2.2% |
| White | 16 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
571 of the school's 863 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lafayette Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Lafayette Elementary is one of 84 schools in Long Beach Unified, based in Long Beach, California. The district serves 62,644 students district-wide and employs 2,733 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 863 students, Lafayette Elementary is larger than the district average of about 746 students per school.
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