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Lafayette High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
160 Commodore Dr.
Oxford, MS 38655
Phone
(662) 234-3614
District
LAFAYETTE CO SCHOOL DIST
County
LAFAYETTE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
868
Classroom Teachers
59

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

8

(10 is best)

Better than 78.6% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Lafayette High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
65%
53%
57%
44%
72%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 233 26.8%
Grade 10 241 27.8%
Grade 11 176 20.3%
Grade 12 211 24.3%
Total 868 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.3% 76.3% 44.6%
Black 22.8% 20.7% 48.4%
Hispanic 2.3% 2.3% 5.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.6% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
Free lunch eligible 41.6% 47.4% 73.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 58.1% 52.2% 25.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,232 2,940,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 31.6 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.5% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.0% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,134 1,121,269
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 10.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.2% 86.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.4% 23.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.9% 10.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 13.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.3% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 16.0%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 13.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,875 $16,872,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $562 $1,613,000 4.5%
Staff $172 $493,000 1.4%
General Administration $311 $893,000 2.5%
School Administration $608 $1,746,000 4.9%
Operation $1,261 $3,621,000 10.2%
Transportation $483 $1,388,000 3.9%
Other $373 $1,072,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,769 $10,826,000 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,709 $7,780,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $12,353 $35,478,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,827 $2,577,379,000 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $580 $256,641,000 4.9%
Staff $465 $205,614,000 3.9%
General Administration $349 $154,231,000 2.9%
School Administration $612 $270,616,000 5.1%
Operation $1,057 $467,711,000 8.8%
Transportation $426 $188,522,000 3.6%
Other $289 $127,751,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,778 $1,671,086,000 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,355 $1,041,743,000 19.7%
Total Expenditures $11,960 $5,290,208,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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