Lafayette Elementary School
Public elementary school, grades 2 to 3 · Bound Brook, New Jersey
Lafayette Elementary School in Bound Brook, New Jersey enrolled 249 students in 2024-25 with 33.1 full-time teachers, 7.5 students per teacher against the New Jersey elementary-school median of 11.2. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 14%
250 students in 2022-23, 245 students in 2023-24, 249 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 29.1 to 33.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 250 | 29.1 | 8.6 |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 29.1 | 8.4 |
| 2024-25 | 249 | 33.1 | 7.5 |
7.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 96 of every 100 New Jersey elementary schools
Among the 1,483 New Jersey elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 11.2; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 215 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lafayette Elementary School enrolled 236 students and had 1.1 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.1, one per 215 of the 236 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent8.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
77.1% of students were Hispanic, 10.0% White, 9.6% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic77.1%
- White10.0%
- Black9.6%
- Two or more races2.0%
- Asian0.8%
- American Indian0.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Bound Brook
2 public elementary schools in Bound Brook report 2024-25 enrollment; Lafayette Elementary School is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaMonte-Annex Elementary School | 374 | 11.3 | 63.4% |
| Lafayette Elementary School | 249 | 7.5 | 82.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Lafayette Elementary School
- LaMonte-Annex Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 0.3 miles away: 374 students, 11.3 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Robert Morris SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 0.8 miles away: 445 students, 11.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
- Compare Lafayette Elementary School with LaMonte-Annex Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Bound Brook School District spends per student$25,816 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$25,816
- The largest public schools in New JerseyLafayette Elementary School is the number 1,265 by size of 1,485 New Jersey elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,265 of 1,485
- New Jersey schools by students per teacher7.5 students per teacher here against the New Jersey median of 11.2 for elementary schools.7.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Lafayette Elementary School
How many students attend Lafayette Elementary School?
249 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 250 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Bound Brook, NJ.What is the student-teacher ratio at Lafayette Elementary School?
7.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Jersey median for elementary schools is 11.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Lafayette Elementary School a Title I school?
Lafayette Elementary School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Lafayette Elementary School in?
Bound Brook School District, NCES district ID 3402100. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 340210003360 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.