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Lafayette Elementary School

Public Grades 2-3

1248^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Lafayette Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Bound Brook, New Jersey, serving grades 2-3 with a total enrollment of 245 students. The school is part of the Bound Brook School District, which is ranked 555 out of 609 school districts in New Jersey and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lafayette Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools, with only 20% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 44.9% and 49.8%, respectively. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with its African American students ranking in the top 40% of New Jersey elementary schools, while its Hispanic and English Language Learner students rank in the bottom 20%. However, the school's special education students performed relatively better, ranking in the top 50% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Compared to nearby schools, Lafayette Elementary School's performance is generally lower than that of the other LaMonte-Annex Elementary School and Smalley Elementary School in the Bound Brook School District. However, when compared to schools in other nearby districts, such as Angelo L. Tomaso School in the Warren Township School District and Elizabeth Avenue School in the Franklin Township Public School District, Lafayette Elementary School's performance is more comparable, particularly for its African American and special education students.

249

Students ?

7.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,471

Per pupil spending ?

88%

Free/discounted lunch ?

60 West High Street
Bound Brook, NJ 08805

(732) 652-7933

District: Bound Brook School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

77.1%

White:

10.0%

African American:

9.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2018 → 7th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (20% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 30 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg20%

New Jersey avg47%

1,248^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 2 pts since 2018

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SchoolDigger rating ?

555^th of 609Bound Brook School District among New Jersey 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	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	1248 of 1347	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.2	1230 of 1360	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	1233 of 1353	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	391 of 463	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.3	266 of 522	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	14.5	436 of 517	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	458 of 597	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	411 of 463	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	411 of 434	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	6.0	1266 of 1326	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	1129 of 1331	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	1235 of 1333	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	902 of 1032	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	709 of 899	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	743 of 870	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	20.6	911 of 1023	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	764 of 948	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	876 of 942	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	1105 of 1318	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.4	1234 of 1335	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	1147 of 1334	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	46.8	456 of 1023	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	9.2	974 of 1007	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	46.5	471 of 1001	52.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	49.2	514 of 970	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	9.5	946 of 1023	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	52.5	513 of 1022	49.8%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)55th percentile+48 vs school

White (2025)47th percentile+40 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)23rd percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile+9 vs school

African American (2025)16th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts20%-25 vs state

Mathematics20%-30 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lafayette Elementary School	Public	2-3	60 West High Street	Bound Brook	08805	Somerset County	Bound Brook School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 652-7933	249	33	7.5	88.0%	25 (10.0%)	24 (9.6%)	192 (77.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	10.3	1248^th of 1347 public elementary schools	7.3%					(n/a)			20.0						20.0						$10,471	$990	$9,481
LaMonte-Annex Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	330 West Second Street	Bound Brook	08805	Somerset County	Bound Brook School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 652-7934	374	33	11.3	69.8%	62 (16.6%)	31 (8.3%)	256 (68.4%)	12 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)								(n/a)															$10,395	$1,991	$8,404
Robert Morris School	Public	PK, KG-8	122 Elizabeth Street	South Bound Brook	08880	Somerset County	South Bound Brook Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 356-3018	445	40	11.1	60.4%	97 (21.8%)	47 (10.6%)	272 (61.1%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	47.9	709^th of 1347 public elementary schools	47.4%		50.7	656^th of 1338 public elementary schools	51.0%	53	24.0	18.6	58.2	45.7	46.0	44.4	47.9	50.0	46.5	45.7	50.0	45.6	29.2	51.1	$13,506	$373	$13,133
Hazelwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	800 Hazelwood Avenue	Middlesex	08846	Middlesex County	Middlesex Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 317-6000	198	19	10.3	28.3%	116 (58.6%)	21 (10.6%)	41 (20.7%)	15 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	12.9	1200^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.9%		58.4	562^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	58.0%	638			15.4						29.2						$12,216	$137	$12,079
Elizabeth Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-5	363 Elizabeth Avenue	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Franklin Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 356-0113	541	54	10.0	52.7%	73 (13.5%)	140 (25.9%)	221 (40.9%)	77 (14.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.4%)	45.2	738^th of 1347 public elementary schools	45.2%		35.1	867^th of 1338 public elementary schools	35.2%	129	27.0		44.1	48.1	50.0				47.3	45.2	42.6				$11,092	$239	$10,853
Watchung Elementary School	Public	K-3	Fisher Avenue	Middlesex	08846	Middlesex County	Middlesex Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 317-6000	221	19	11.6	41.6%	81 (36.7%)	16 (7.2%)	80 (36.2%)	30 (13.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.4%)	53.8	629^th of 1347 public elementary schools	53.3%		80.7	271^st of 1338 public elementary schools	79.7%	358			40.3						59.6						$7,418	$39	$7,379
Woodland Intermediate School	Public	4-5	Fisher Avenue	Middlesex	08846	Middlesex County	Middlesex Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 317-6000	317	24	13.0	43.5%	124 (39.1%)	16 (5.0%)	136 (42.9%)	28 (8.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.5%)								(n/a)	23.4			39.0	45.1					41.0	40.1
Adamsville Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 Union Avenue	Bridgewater	08807	Somerset County	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 526-6440	461	55	8.3	25.2%	155 (33.6%)	22 (4.8%)	147 (31.9%)	103 (22.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.7%)	65.6	471^st of 1347 public elementary schools	65.0%		58.2	568^th of 1338 public elementary schools	57.5%	97			51.2	57.7					65.5	57.8					$11,024	$1,018	$10,006
Somerset Elementary Academy	Public	K-8	7 Finderne Ave	Bridgewater	08807	Somerset County	Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 707-0070	54	11	4.9	37.0%	8 (14.8%)	20 (37.0%)	24 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)								(n/a)															$34,120		$34,120
Angelo L. Tomaso School	Public	K-5	46 Washington Valley Road	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Warren Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-5300	261	35	7.5	5.0%	155 (59.4%)	9 (3.4%)	30 (11.5%)	54 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.0%)	81.7	261^st of 1347 public elementary schools	80.6%		90.7	100^th of 1338 public elementary schools	92.5%	161	56.2		67.5	60.0	62.5				79.1	72.0	75.0				$15,785	$30	$15,755

Frequently Asked Questions about Lafayette Elementary School

Is Lafayette Elementary School a good school?

Lafayette Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.3% of New Jersey elementary schools.

What district is Lafayette Elementary School in?

Bound Brook School District

What is the racial makeup of Lafayette Elementary School?

Students at Lafayette Elementary School are 77% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% African American, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Lafayette Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 249 students attended Lafayette Elementary School.

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