Charter agency · St. Louis city
Lafayette Preparatory Academy, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Lafayette Preparatory Academy runs 1 public school with 414 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "LAFAYETTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 414
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1900 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104
- Phone
- (314)880-4458
- County
- St. Louis city
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2900606
- State district ID
- MO-115924
- Total staff (FTE)
- 51
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 414 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
Missouri13.0
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 (392), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $438,000
- State revenue
- $3.6 million
- Local revenue
- $580,000
- Total spending
- $4.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,324
- Salaries
- $2.1 million53.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 77.9%
- Local: 12.6%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,324
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Lafayette Preparatory Academy
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lafayette Preparatory AcademyCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 414 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Louis city
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- Confluence Academies 2,460 students
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- Premier Charter School 974 students
- Lift for Life Academy 865 students
- Momentum Academy 599 students
- City Garden Montessori 589 students
- Kairos Academies 515 students
- St. Louis Lang Immersion Sch 493 students
- North Side Community School 433 students
- Atlas Public Schools 431 students
- The Biome 167 students
- The Soulard School 138 students
- St. Louis Voices Academy 135 students
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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.