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Mayo, Florida - 2 schools
An equity score of 84/100 ranks Lafayette #4 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,280 per pupil, Lafayette ranks #11 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,144
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,280
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lafayette operates 2 public schools serving 1,144 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lafayette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,280 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.3% local, 65.8% state, and 19.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 84/100, ranked #4 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 374:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.4% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lafayette High School, enrolling 606 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Lafayette High School accounts for 52.6% of all Lafayette student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lafayette a distant remainder — means Lafayette-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Lafayette has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Lafayette student-counselor ratio is 374:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lafayette chronic absenteeism rate is 35.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.