Regular local school district · Contra Costa County
Lafayette Elementary School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Lafayette Elementary School District runs 6 public schools with 3,235 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 21.7 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "Lafayette Elementary".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,235
- Teachers (FTE)
- 149
- Students per teacher
- 21.7
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3477 School St., Lafayette, CA 94549
- Phone
- (925)927-3500
- County
- Contra Costa County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0620310
- State district ID
- CA-0761713
- Total staff (FTE)
- 318
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 462 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.7
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,261), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $11.0 million
- Local revenue
- $39.8 million
- Total spending
- $48.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,825
- Salaries
- $24.5 million50.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $72.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.6%
- State: 20.8%
- Local: 75.6%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,825
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Lafayette Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Burton Valley Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 653 | 23.3 |
| Happy Valley Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 463 | 23.1 |
| Lafayette Early Intervention Preschool | Elementary | K | 3 | |
| Lafayette Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 515 | 24.5 |
| M. H. Stanley Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,117 | 19.3 |
| Springhill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 479 | 21.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Contra Costa County
- Mt. Diablo Unified 29,494 students
- San Ramon Valley Unified 28,615 students
- West Contra Costa Unified 25,244 students
- Antioch Unified 15,253 students
- Pittsburg Unified 10,666 students
- Brentwood Union 10,049 students
- Liberty Union High 8,228 students
- Acalanes Union High 5,425 students
- Oakley Union Elementary 5,131 students
- Martinez Unified 3,787 students
- Walnut Creek Elementary School District 3,603 students
- Orinda Union 2,594 students
- Clayton Valley Charter High District 2,373 students
- Moraga Elementary School District 1,805 students
- John Swett Unified 1,198 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.