Lafayette Elementary School is located in Hammond, Indiana. This school is a public school with grade levels Kindergarten through Fifth Grade.

There are approximately 640 students at this school. There are 37 teachers. This makes the student to teacher ratio 16 students to 1 teacher. The national average is 15 which means this school has more students in the classroom than most.

There are 88 students in Kindergarten, 130 in Grade 1, 86 in Grade 2, 82 in Grade 3, 82 in Grade 4, 95 in Grade 5 . First Grade has the highest number of enrolled students. In this school there are 338 male students and 302 female students making the male students exceed the number of female students in this school. The student ethnic body is comprised of 79 white students, 1 asian/pacific islander, 199 hispanic, 355 african american students and 6 native american students. More ...

The student economic level is above average. Only 590 students out of the 640 student population receive free or reduced lunch or 92.19% of the students. This school is a title 1 school. This means this school did receive any federal assistance. More ...

This school was tested based on the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP+). Grades 3,6,8,10 were tested. The scale is based on percent of students perfroming at or above achievement level 1. More...