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Lafayette Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Lafayette.

Lafayette’s School Grade A+ better than 98% of California school districts

Students
3,230
Schools
6
Spent per student
$18,618
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
22:1
Free or reduced lunch
5%
Debt
$66.5M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lafayette Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A+: results better than 99% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 46 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 37 pts above the state
  • Spends 12% less per student than the CA average
  • 22 students per teacher
  • Debt of $66.5M, about $20,599 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A+: better than 99% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
A+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
A+Lafayette 25,313

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Lafayette. Grade by grade →

K–55 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8M. H. Stanley MiddleThis district
9–12Acalanes HighAcalanes Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency79%
State average 33.1% · 2,132 students tested
Reading / language arts84%
State average 46.7% · 2,132 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 97% at Acalanes Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$18,618 per student · 12% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 66%Support & administration 31%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 75%State 23%Federal 3%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
3,261’20
3,136’21
3,177’22
3,212’23
3,230’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 51%Two or more races 24%Asian 13%Hispanic 11%Black <1%

Schools in the district

6 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Burton Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lafayette
A+
653 students23:1
Lafayette Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lafayette
A+
515 students25:1
Springhill Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lafayette
A
479 students22:1
Happy Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lafayette
A+
463 students23:1
Lafayette Early Intervention Preschool
Elementary · Grades K · Lafayette
3 students
M. H. Stanley Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lafayette
A+
1,117 students19:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Acalanes Union High School DistrictMoraga, Orinda, Walnut Creek
$20,081per student
Moraga Elementary School DistrictMoraga
$17,241per student
Mount Diablo Unified School DistrictWalnut Creek
$16,629per student
Orinda Union Elementary School DistrictOrinda
$18,088per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.