Lafayette High School - St Joseph, Missouri/MO

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Lafayette High School

412 Highland Ave, St Joseph, MO, 64505-1809 -

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Definition of Terms

Lafayette High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Buchanan County, MO

Students & Faculty

Total Students

811 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

57 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 217 students

Grade 10 - 234 students

Grade 11 - 173 students

Grade 12 - 187 students

This School

(MO) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MO) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	1%
% Hispanic	2%	2%
% Black	11%	15%
% White	86%	79%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MO) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

40%

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

12%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MO) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

St. Joseph School District

This School's Agency

(MO) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	28	3
Number of Students Managed	11,618 students	780 students
District Total Revenue	$102,119,000	$5,919,000
District Expenditure	$90,785,000	$5,617,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,790	$7,588
District Expenditure / Student	$7,814	$7,201
District Graduation Rates	85%	96%

Columbia lawyer Mallory Mayse combines law and sports (Columbia Missourian)
posted on November 29, 2009 at 03:10:24 pm
In a high school football game against the Cameron Dragons in the 1960s, a South Harrison guard came running in from the sidelines. When he reached the huddle, he told his teammates the play relayed from the coach: “screen pass left and throw it out of bounds.” In the huddle stood South Harrison center Mallory Mayse, now a Columbia lawyer. He and the rest of his teammates became befuddled. They ...
School happenings (St. Joseph News-Press)
posted on November 29, 2009 at 06:05:49 am
TUESDAY: Senior college meeting during CAMP in Springer Gym. THURSDAY: Business Ethics Workshop at Holiday Inn all day.
School happenings, Nov. 22, 2009 (St. Joseph News-Press)
posted on November 22, 2009 at 06:05:49 am
No school Thursday or Friday in honor of Thanksgiving. MONDAY: College field trip to Missouri Western State University for interested seniors.
Stewart sentenced in sodomy case (St. Joseph News-Press)
posted on November 21, 2009 at 06:06:50 am
A St. Joseph 17-year-old received a 15-year prison sentence Thursday for sodomizing a 4-year-old boy. However, how much of that sentence Harry L. Stewart Jr. serves will be a matter of conjecture for the next few months.
School happenings, Nov. 15, 2009 (St. Joseph News-Press)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 06:05:49 am
WEDNESDAY: Early out, 12:40 p.m., Professional Development; City Talk at Benton, 6:30 to 8 p.m., with City Council members, everyone welcome. THURSDAY: College Application Night, Benton Library Media Center, 6 to 8 p.m.

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Lafayette High School is a high school (grades 9-12) in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was established in 1917 (originally as "North High School"), and at the time was the third high school in the city. As of 2006 it has an enrolment of some 855.
Notable people
Jane Wyman, actress
Bill Snyder, Kansas State University football coach
External links
School website

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