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Lafayette Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4502^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,804 California Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of California elementary schools

Summary

Lafayette Elementary is a K–5 school in San Diego Unified, serving 208 students in San Diego, California. Its 2025–2026 results were below district and state levels in English language arts (ELA), math, and science, while chronic absenteeism was notably high: 26%, compared with 17% districtwide and 18% statewide. The most important concern is that low results span all three subjects and are accompanied by elevated absenteeism.

Compared with nearby schools, Lafayette was second-lowest in all-grades ELA and lowest in math and science. ELA proficiency was 33%, 17 percentage points below the state and 21 below the district; math was 23%, 15 points below the state and 23 below the district; science was 17%, 19 points below the state and 24 below the district. ELA is Lafayette’s strongest local and district comparison, but it remains below both benchmarks; math is least far below the state, while science is weakest against nearby schools and the district. Fourth grade stands out as a particular weakness: 22% were proficient in ELA and 15% in math, the lowest fourth-grade results among nearby schools with reported results. Chronic absenteeism was higher than at other nearby schools with reported rates; the next-highest was Sequoia Elementary at 25%.

ELA fell from 43% in 2022–2023 to 33% in 2025–2026, and math declined from 38% to 23%; science rose in earlier years but dropped to 17% in the latest year, roughly its starting level. SchoolDigger ranked Lafayette 4,502 of 5,804 schools, at the 22nd percentile with one star, below other nearby schools with reported rankings. Its student-teacher ratio was a comparatively low 13.4 in 2024–2025, and 76% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe context, not causes of results. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves Special Education Students fell from the 60th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 34th percentile in 2025–2026, while the overall school percentile was 22 in the latest year.

208

Students ?

13.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$37,619

Per pupil spending ?

76.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

6125 Printwood Way
San Diego, CA 92117-3346

(858) 987-5000

District: San Diego Unified

Students who attend Lafayette Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Innovation Middle
High:	Madison High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

59.1%

White:

23.6%

Two or more races:

9.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 57th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (26% vs 18% California)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school26%

District avg48%

California avg42%

4,502^nd of 5,804

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▼ down 23 pts since 2016

From bottom 45% (2016) to bottom 22% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

108^th of 137Elementary Schools in the San Diego Unified

407^th of 968San Diego Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	23.6	4502 of 5804	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.6	3759 of 5857	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.1	3297 of 5869	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.3	2795 of 5859	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.4	3200 of 5883	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.6	3724 of 5789	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.0	3143 of 5662	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	44.4	2836 of 5692	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	40.1	3069 of 5614	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	51.0	2394 of 5611	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	34.2	3729 of 5530	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	48.7	2703 of 5390	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	64.3	1789 of 5377	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	55.1	2274 of 5314	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	42.3	2922 of 5193	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	46.5	2582 of 5113	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	48.6	2403 of 5113	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2006	35.2	2986 of 4818	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2005	40.6	2683 of 4822	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	37.2	2795 of 4809	41.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	35.7	2144 of 3311	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	26.4	4140 of 5569	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.4	3594 of 5597	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.7	3514 of 5612	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.7	2596 of 5609	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.1	3047 of 5635	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.2	4142 of 5492	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	3989 of 5413	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	29.5	3770 of 5085	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	42.5	2837 of 5107	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.9	2768 of 5107	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.2	1989 of 5087	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	35.0	3289 of 5084	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.1	2678 of 4963	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	62.5	1510 of 4830	68.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	28.6	4035 of 5412	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	43.2	2929 of 5460	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.7	2932 of 5517	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.9	1938 of 5363	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.0	2917 of 5264	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.5	2936 of 5173	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.9	1912 of 5084	62.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	22.8	4456 of 5590	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.6	3654 of 5628	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.4	2853 of 5643	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.4	2841 of 5638	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.8	3152 of 5663	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.0	3323 of 5510	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.5	2197 of 5431	59.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	1923 of 2920	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.2	1875 of 2847	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.4	1045 of 2635	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.1	857 of 2420	64.6%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2022)35th percentile-10 vs school

Special Education (2026)34th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2026)26th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)26th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)25th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)20th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-17 vs state

Mathematics23%-15 vs state

Science17%-19 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

This website does not accurately reflect the environment/school community at Lafayette. The school is incredibly diverse, serving not only a wide range of demographics and socioeconomics, but also providing a hub for San Diego Unified's auditory services, TK-5th. All students at Lafayette learn weekly American Sign Language symbols to help them communicate with their deaf and hard-of-hearing classmates. They have a garden science and nutrition science program, sponsored by the Sage Garden Project and the Sprouts Foundation, through which students participate in weekly classes growing, caring for, harvesting, composting and learning about nutrition in their school garden. The school has recently adopted the district's STEAM Innovation initiative, and students are working with products developed by LEGO Education. This year, Lafayette was awarded a grant from KidSpark Education, which provides Rokenbok building class sets along with teacher training to implement this STEM programming into the 2nd-5th grade classes. UCSD BioCircuits program also is a partner with the school, bringing weekly science from UCSD grad students into the 3rd-5th grade classrooms for interactive, hands-on science learning. Lafayette has been the host site for Clairemont's Family Science & Engineering Day for two years in a row. The kinder and 1st grade classrooms were repainted and all new furniture this summer, and the entire school is (finally!) air-conditioned. There are beautiful green spaces, courtyards, an expanding school garden and a special native plant garden was installed with the assistance of the Pollinator Alliance last spring. Students experience Visual and Performing Arts every month, there is a wonderful library and librarian, caring office staff, and some of the most professional teachers I have known in my twenty years in education. Do more than just look at websites to gauge a school's worth. Visit your neighborhood school, ask to sit in a class, ask to speak to parents who send their kids there. There is so much to celebrate at Lafayette, a lot of wonderful learning happens there, and at all the neighborhood schools in Clairemont. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lafayette Elementary	Public	K-5	6125 Printwood Way	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 987-5000	208	16	13.4	76.0%	49 (23.6%)	7 (3.4%)	123 (59.1%)	8 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.6%)	23.6	4502^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	22.4%		32.6	3759^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.8%	743	17.2		17.2	37.0	22.2	37.9				32.5	29.6	14.8	24.1				22.9							$37,619	$35,864	$1,755
Kavod Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	6991 Balboa Ave.	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	Kavod Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 386-0887	395	21	18.8	40.3%	182 (46.1%)	42 (10.6%)	113 (28.6%)	24 (6.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (7.8%)								(n/a)
Clairemont Canyons Academy	Public	K-5	4133 Mt. Albertine Ave.	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-1350	318	17	18.7	73.3%	84 (26.4%)	44 (13.8%)	105 (33.0%)	56 (17.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	26 (8.2%)	26.9	4228^th of 5804 public elementary schools	27.2%		41.6	3106^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.0%	1122	21.4		21.4	28.9	26.1	35.7				30.0	30.8	34.8	26.2				30.7	92.1	93.7	95.2	95.2	95.2	96.8	$50,119	$47,868	$2,251
Sequoia Elementary	Public	K-5	4690 Limerick Ave.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-1800	180	10	18.0	74.4%	37 (20.6%)	5 (2.8%)	97 (53.9%)	21 (11.7%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	18 (10.0%)	65.2	1812^th of 5804 public elementary schools	68.8%		80.6	1136^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.6%	676	48.2		48.2	51.5	60.7	55.6				55.7	46.9	64.3	25.9				46.0							$43,292	$40,826	$2,466
High Technical Elementary Mesa	Public, Charter	K-5	5331 Mt. Alifan Dr.	San Diego	92106	San Diego County	High Technical Elementary Mesa District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 510-4620	423	18	23.5	38.5%	139 (32.9%)	28 (6.6%)	136 (32.2%)	95 (22.5%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	17 (4.0%)	37.7	3379^th of 5804 public elementary schools	41.8%		46.9	2771^st of 5857 public elementary schools	52.7%	608	33.8		33.8	22.2	48.6	46.0				38.9	29.2	35.7	27.0				30.6	97.0						$30,261	$29,472	$789
Ross Elementary	Public	K-5	7470 Bagdad St.	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 800-5800	187	8	23.3	72.7%	35 (18.7%)	7 (3.7%)	90 (48.1%)	31 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (12.8%)	48.6	2678^th of 5804 public elementary schools	53.9%		45.9	2834^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.6%	156	25.0		25.0	33.3	50.0	43.8				41.4	41.7	55.6	43.8				46.6							$34,679	$33,072	$1,607
Hawthorne Elementary	Public	K-5	4750 Lehrer Dr.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 634-5701	248	11	22.5	61.7%	78 (31.5%)	6 (2.4%)	99 (39.9%)	28 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	33 (13.3%)	67.9	1689^th of 5804 public elementary schools	70.9%		72.5	1498^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.4%	191	42.9		42.9	42.1	51.3	75.0				54.3	47.4	53.9	67.9				55.2							$36,871	$34,180	$2,691
John Muir Language Academy	Public	K-8	4431 Mt. Herbert Ave.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 268-1954	336	17	19.7	43.8%	100 (29.8%)	21 (6.3%)	181 (53.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.8%)	80.7	1102^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	81.0%		86.2	867^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.2%	235	76.5	18.8	48.5	56.5	50.0	76.5	76.1	69.0	37.5	63.9	56.5	62.5	64.7	45.7	41.4	18.8	48.4							$32,769	$31,378	$1,391
Holmes Elementary	Public	K-5	4902 Mt. Ararat Dr.	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-4400	495	19	26.3	23.8%	313 (63.2%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (19.2%)	18 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (13.7%)	96.4	198^th of 5804 public elementary schools	96.6%		96.5	191^st of 5857 public elementary schools	96.7%	7	69.4		69.4	78.6	77.9	76.5				77.7	91.8	83.9	81.2				85.6							$22,834	$21,608	$1,226
Field Elementary	Public	K-5	4375 Bannock Ave.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 800-5900	238	10	23.8	68.5%	43 (18.1%)	4 (1.7%)	166 (69.7%)	11 (4.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	58.2	2145^th of 5804 public elementary schools	63.0%		71.3	1545^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.6%	600	37.8		37.8	50.0	37.9	47.2				45.5	57.1	62.1	35.1				50.5							$41,031	$38,272	$2,759

Frequently Asked Questions about Lafayette Elementary

Is Lafayette Elementary a good school?

Lafayette Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.4% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Lafayette Elementary?

Students at Lafayette Elementary are 59% Hispanic, 24% White, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Lafayette Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lafayette Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Innovation Middle
High : Madison High

What district is Lafayette Elementary in?

San Diego Unified

How many students attend Lafayette Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 208 students attended Lafayette Elementary.

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