📍 120 Commodore Drive, Oxford, Lafayette County, 38655
Lafayette Upper Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oxford, Lafayette County. The school has 823 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 3–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 59.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lafayette Upper Elementary School enrolls 823 students across grades 3–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 59.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 19% Black or African American and 4.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 606 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 156 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
820 of the school's 823 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 413 qualify for free lunch and 407 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lafayette Upper Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 MS-10, state senate district 9, state house district 13.
Lafayette Upper Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Lafayette County, based in Oxford, Mississippi. The district serves 2,854 students district-wide and employs 224 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 823 students, Lafayette Upper Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 571 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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