Lafayette serves a diverse population providing a unique multicultural learning environment. We offer authentic opportunities, a strong sense of community and a sense of belonging through our programs.

The focus on literacy is emphasized school-wide. We provide small class sizes at K-2. A Read To Achieve grant supports additional reading instruction for struggling readers. Our school participates in a conflict resolution program. All staff and students participate in integrating our curriculum. Our multi-intensive program supports children with multiple physical educational needs. We have an English as a Second Language program. Our Talented and Gifted program provides support to gifted children. Our Significant Identifiable Emotional Disorder program supports children with identified emotional disorders. Our school has a special education pre school program and a special education resource program. Our Kinder Care program is an integrated child care program for children, after a half day of kindergarten. We provide a strand of Core Knowledge K-5.

A parent training program for Latino parents is an ongoing effort to include non-English speaking parents into the school environment, as well as a Hmong PTO. We support an ESL program for our parents who need to learn English. PTO is an active group of parents and teachers who work to improve our school by increasing our volunteers, fundraising for materials and many needed supplies for teachers.

It is the vision of Lafayette Elementary School (LES), in partnership with parents and community, to empower each child to achieve his or her fullest potential to become a lifelong learner and responsible citizen. We are committed to foster high expectations and promote positive attitudes to achieve equity and excellence in a safe and nurturing environment. The vision for Lafayette Elementary School is to use our enthusiasm, creativity, and knowledge to support encourage and challenge the members of our school community to become confident, creative, caring and capable individuals.

Our mission is to ensure that all students at Lafayette Elementary School demonstrate improved reading skills and read at grade level by third grade.