Summary:
The city of Lafayette, New Jersey has only one school, Lafayette Township School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 205 students. The school is part of the Lafayette Township School District, which is ranked 318 out of 615 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lafayette Township School has a predominantly white student population (75.61%), with significant Hispanic representation (20%) and smaller percentages of other racial groups. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally below the state averages, with some grades performing as low as 11.8% proficiency in ELA. The school's statewide ranking has also declined from 540 out of 1,317 New Jersey elementary schools in 2020-2021 to 780 out of 1,342 in 2022-2023, indicating a decline in performance relative to other schools in the state.
Despite the school's relatively high spending per student of $16,815, the academic outcomes do not seem to be commensurate with the investment. The school's chronic absenteeism rate is 5.2%, and its student-teacher ratio is 8.5. These factors, combined with the below-average proficiency rates in core subjects, suggest that Lafayette Township School is an underperforming school within the state of New Jersey, and further analysis would be needed to identify the root causes and develop strategies for improvement.
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