Lafayette Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 4 public elementary schools run from the 91st to the 94th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K5Elementary
68Middle
912High
Lafayette Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 4 schools
from 91st to 94th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Burton Valley Elementary: 94th percentile, Strong
Lafayette Elementary: 94th percentile, Strong
Happy Valley Elementary: 92nd percentile, Strong
Springhill Elementary: 91st percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
4Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 93rd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
M. H. Stanley Middle: 93rd percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
The average elementary school in the Lafayette Elementary district had 2 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
Middle schools
Where does the middle school we score in the Lafayette Elementary district stand?
M. H. Stanley Middle is at the 93rd percentile.
That’s higher than 93 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Lafayette Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Lafayette Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Lafayette Elementary district spent $18,761 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Lafayette Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction66%
Instruction support11%
Student services7%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance8%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$6.9 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 23 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 11% of its $65.4 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 83 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 48% of the money. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.
Comprehensive Educational Program $1.7 million
ELD and EL Master Plan $864,450
Comprehensive Mental Health Supports $723,340
20 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
7 of the plan’s 23 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $116,770
Catch-up help $865,938
English learners $864,450
Largest of these
ELD and EL Master Plan$864,450
Collaboration for Improved Targeted Intervention$317,550
Team Use of Data to Determine Targeted Intervention$203,654
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $1.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.1 million and estimates it spent $1.7 million, $0.6 million (51%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$1.7 million spent (estimated)$1.1 million planned
What changed
The total is $289,689 (4%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Comprehensive Educational Program, which went from $2.0 million to $1.7 million.
Largest cuts
Comprehensive Educational Program−$331,370
Inclusive Classroom Practices−$37,613
Differentiated Classroom Practices−$35,030
Largest increases
Health and Wellness Curriculum+$210,390
Standards-Aligned Curriculum+$149,600
Focused Attendance Support+$142,199
New in the 2026–27 plan
ELD and EL Master Plan$864,450
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 2
80%
80%
no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 2
80%
79%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
4 in 100
3 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3
0.6%
1.1%
up 0.5 pts
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
Comprehensive Educational Program · $1,688,430
ELD and EL Master Plan · $864,450
Comprehensive Mental Health Supports · $723,340
The full plan3 goals, 26 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($6.9 million).
Where does the money go?
43% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
Student Achievement - Science - 4A % of students achieving Standard Met or Exceeded on CASTp. 14 ↗
Baseline
67.66% (2022-23)
Target for year 3
75%
Williams Compliance - 1B % of students with access to standards- aligned instructional materials for use at school and homep. 14 ↗
Baseline
100% (2023-24)
Target for year 3
100%
Fully Credentialed and Properly Assigned -1A % of teachers appropriately assigned and fully credentialed in the subject areas they are teachingp. 14 ↗
Baseline
93.65% (2021-22)
Target for year 3
95%
6 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Implement Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, including targeted intervention, to ensure equitable access to…$2.0 million28% of action budgets
“Implement Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, including targeted intervention, to ensure equitable access to grade-level instruction and foster comprehensive understanding across all subjects for every student, guided by continuous improvement” p. 21 ↗
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.9 million (+$80,059)
Largest funded actions
ELD and EL Master Plan$864,450action 2.2 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $673,759 is state funding counted toward those services
Collaboration for Improved Targeted Intervention$317,550action 2.7 · p. 47 ↗
Team Use of Data to Determine Targeted Intervention$203,654action 2.4 · p. 46 ↗
Equitable Intervention Opportunities Across all Schools$202,050action 2.3 · p. 46 ↗
Site Professional Learning Communities$122,000action 2.6 · p. 47 ↗
3 more funded actions in this goal
Differentiated Classroom Practices · action 2.1 · p. 46 ↗$111,100
Professional Development and Coaching on Targeted Intervention · action 2.5 · p. 46 ↗$102,960
Parent/Caregiver Engagement for Targeted Intervention Students · action 2.8 · p. 47 ↗$39,724
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Differentiated Classroom Practices−$35,030$146,130 → $111,100 · p. 46 ↗
Parent/Caregiver Engagement for Targeted Intervention Students+$12,124$27,600 → $39,724 · p. 47 ↗
Site Professional Learning Communities−$9,760$131,760 → $122,000 · p. 47 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
ELD and EL Master Plan · $864,450 · p. 46 ↗new or renamed
Collaboration for Improved Targeted Intervention · $317,550 → $317,550 · p. 47 ↗unchanged
Team Use of Data to Determine Targeted Intervention · $206,810 → $203,654 · p. 46 ↗−$3,156
Equitable Intervention Opportunities Across all Schools · $202,049 → $202,050 · p. 46 ↗+$1
Professional Development and Coaching on Targeted Intervention · $102,210 → $102,960 · p. 46 ↗+$750
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 8 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 21 ↗.
Goal 3Enhance student well-being through a curriculum emphasizing social-emotional learning, cultural…$2.0 million29% of action budgets
“Enhance student well-being through a curriculum emphasizing social-emotional learning, cultural responsiveness, and digital citizenship within a comprehensive support model” p. 30 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (+$405,915)
Largest funded actions
Comprehensive Mental Health Supports$723,340action 3.4 · p. 47 ↗
Focused Attendance Support$516,000action 3.6 · p. 47 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $400,952 is state funding counted toward those services
Health and Wellness Curriculum$347,200action 3.1 · p. 47 ↗
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 3,235 students
1White51%
2Two or more races14%
3Asian12%
4Hispanic or Latino11%
5Not reported10%
6Filipino1%
7Black or African American<1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native0%
9Pacific Islander0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.
Free or reduced-price meals
5%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 152 of 3,227 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
Lafayette Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 59% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (37 of 63 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in the Lafayette Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: 2 schools at the 94th percentile (Strong): Burton Valley Elementary and Lafayette Elementary. Middle: M. H. Stanley Middle, 93rd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Lafayette Elementary district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the Lafayette Elementary district good?
Lafayette Elementary’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 91st to the 94th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong. Lafayette Elementary has one public middle school we score, M. H. Stanley Middle, at the 93rd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in the Lafayette Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Lafayette Elementary district had 2 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the Lafayette Elementary district spend per student?
The Lafayette Elementary district spent $18,761 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Lafayette Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in the Lafayette Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $6.9 million into 23 funded actions in 3 goals, 11% of its $65.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $2.9 million, 43% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Lafayette Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.