Elementary · California

Lafayette Elementary

Free meals for all

Lafayette Elementary, a public elementary school in Eureka, California: grades k–5, 324 students, 23.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Eureka City Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
324
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Students per teacher
23.1
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

27%proficient

−7.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of elementary schools in California

Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared

126 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

23%proficient

−7.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in California

Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared

126 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Eureka City Schools.

Location

Address
3100 Park St., Eureka, CA 95501
Phone
(707)441-2482
City or town
Myrtletown

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Washington ElementaryFree meals for all
K–542625.137%35%
Cutten ElementaryFree meals for all
3–628822.245%46%
Grant ElementaryFree meals for all
K–527823.235%34%
K–628327.064%49%
Alice Birney ElementaryFree meals for all
K–537525.015%14%
Peninsula UnionFree meals for all
K–86616.60.0%0.0%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 060005201481