📍 1501 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, 70506
JCFA Lafayette is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 90 pupils enrolled. It is part of the JCFA Lafayette school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 45.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 10%. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
JCFA Lafayette enrolls 90 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 45.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Black or African American, 34% White and 3.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 53 | 59% |
| White | 31 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
68 of the school's 90 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 63 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
JCFA Lafayette is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-30, state senate district 23, state house district 45.
JCFA Lafayette is one of 1 schools in JCFA Lafayette, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 56 students district-wide and employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 90 students, JCFA Lafayette is larger than the district average of about 56 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize