Summary:
The city of Lafayette, Colorado is home to 8 schools serving students from elementary through high school, all part of the Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which is ranked 7th out of 115 school districts in the state and has a 5-star rating. The schools in Lafayette display a wide range of academic performance, with Peak to Peak Charter School and Centaurus High School standing out as top-performing institutions, while Alicia Sanchez International School faces significant challenges.
Peak to Peak Charter School, an alternative public charter school, consistently outperforms the district and state averages on standardized tests, with 90% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Reading and Writing. Centaurus High School is also a high-performing institution, ranking 40th out of 349 Colorado high schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, with strong performance on CMAS Science assessments.
In contrast, Alicia Sanchez International School stands out as the lowest-performing school in the data set, with significantly lower test scores compared to the district and state averages. The wide range of free and reduced-price lunch rates across the schools, from 13.38% at Peak to Peak Charter School to 91.18% at Justice High Charter School, indicates a significant socioeconomic diversity within the Lafayette school system, which may contribute to the varying academic outcomes observed.
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