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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Lafayette Elementary School, Seattle, WA

Lafayette Elementary School is a public elementary school in Seattle, part of Seattle School District No. 1. It enrolled 532 students in 2024-25, with 17.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
532
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
17.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.2 higher than the district figure of 16.5. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.7
District16.5
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2645 California Av SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Phone
(206)252-9500
District
Seattle School District No. 1
County
King County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
530771001195
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
69
Reduced-price lunch
16
Free or reduced-price lunch
8516.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
58Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Seattle School District No. 1

Elementary schools elsewhere in Seattle

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.