📍 1900 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, St. Louis city, 63104
Lafayette Preparatory Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in St. Louis, St. Louis city. The school has 394 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Preparatory Academy school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lafayette Preparatory Academy enrolls 394 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 36% Black or African American and 7.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 199 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 142 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 7.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
97 of the school's 394 students (25%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 82 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Lafayette Preparatory Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-10, state senate district 5, state house district 78.
Lafayette Preparatory Academy is one of 1 schools in LAFAYETTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, based in ST. LOUIS, Missouri. The district serves 414 students district-wide and employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 394 students, Lafayette Preparatory Academy is close to the district average of about 414 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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