Summary:
In zip code 36862, there is exactly one elementary school, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School, a public school serving grades PK through 8 with 311 students in the Chambers County district.
For parents considering this area, Lafayette Eastside Elementary School is the only educational option for elementary grades, making it the central hub for the community. The school faces significant challenges, particularly in mathematics. While English Language Arts proficiency is relatively close to state averages—ranging from about 49% to 53% across grades—math proficiency is alarmingly low, with 5th grade at just 7.94% proficiency compared to the state average of roughly 39%. There is also a troubling decline in math as students progress: 3rd grade shows 25.58% proficiency, dropping to 7.94% by 5th grade. The school's state ranking has improved slightly from the 10th percentile to the 23rd percentile over the past three years, but it remains in the bottom quarter of Alabama elementary schools.
One notable bright spot is 6th-grade English proficiency at 53.06%, which exceeds the district average of 43.7% and nearly matches the state average of 56.77%. However, chronic absenteeism is a concern at 13.4%, significantly higher than the district's 8.7% and above the state's 12.0%. With 76.85% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, this is a high-poverty school, and per-student spending is $11,267. The student-teacher ratio is 17.2. Year-over-year test scores are volatile, making it difficult to identify stable trends, but the data clearly points to a critical need for targeted math intervention, especially in upper elementary grades, while the relative strength in 6th-grade English suggests effective practices that could be replicated elsewhere in the school.
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