Regular local school district · Lafayette County
Lafayette County Public Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Lafayette County Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 2,854 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "Lafayette County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,854
- Teachers (FTE)
- 217
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 Commodore Dr., Oxford, MS 38655
- Phone
- (662)234-3271
- County
- Lafayette County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802370
- State district ID
- MS-3600
- Total staff (FTE)
- 470
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 357 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
Mississippi14.1
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 (2,763), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.8 million
- State revenue
- $15.6 million
- Local revenue
- $12.1 million
- Total spending
- $35.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,840
- Salaries
- $17.1 million48.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $24.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.7%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 37.3%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,840
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Lafayette County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lafayette Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 776 | 15.5 |
| Lafayette High School | High | 9 to 12 | 855 | 12.4 |
| Lafayette Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 420 | 10.8 |
| Lafayette Upper Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 803 | 14.1 |
| Oxf/Laf School of Applied Tech | High | 9 to 12 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lafayette County
- Oxford School District 4,763 students
More in Mississippi
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.