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Lafayette High School

160 Commodore Drive

Tel: (662)234-3614

Lafayette High School serves 769 students in grades 9-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is lower than the MS average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 28% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 54%.
Lafayette High School operates within the Lafayette County School District.
Lafayette County School District's 75% graduation rate is higher than the MS state average of 64%.

The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.41 is more than the state average of 0.32. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(MS) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	16:1

Hispanic	1%	3%

Black	27%	49%

White	72%	46%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	n/a	1%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.41	0.32

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	42%	67%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	9%	7%

Lafayette County School District's student population of 2,720 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 75% has decreased from 99% over five years.
The revenue/student of $9,416 in this district is less than the state average of $9,526. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $8,808 is less than the state average of $9,407. The district spending/student has declined by 8% over four years.

School District Name	Lafayette County School District
Number of Schools Managed	5	5
Number of Students Managed	2,720	2,139

Graduation Rate	75%	64%

District Total Revenue	$25 MM	$20 MM

District Spending	$24 MM	$20 MM

District Revenue / Student	$9,416	$9,526

District Spending / Student	$8,808	$9,407

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