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Lafayette Preparatory Academy
A public school district in St. Louis, Missouri, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 414
- Students enrolled
- 35
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 51
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,670
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 414 in 2024–25
- Ranks 11,974th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 324th of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 32% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,670 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 13% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Lafayette Preparatory Academy spent $12,771 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,610 in fiscal year 2014
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $12,771 | $5.2 million | 406 |
| FY2023 | $11,670 | $4.6 million | 394 |
| FY2022 | $11,384 | $4.5 million | 393 |
| FY2021 | $10,061 | $3.9 million | 392 |
| FY2020 | $10,022 | $3.6 million | 359 |
| FY2019 | $9,851 | $3.0 million | 302 |
| FY2018 | $9,830 | $2.7 million | 270 |
| FY2017 | $9,210 | $2.1 million | 233 |
| FY2016 | $9,224 | $1.6 million | 170 |
| FY2015 | $11,773 | $1.3 million | 110 |
| FY2014 | $9,610 | $740,000 | 77 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $600,000 | 10.0% |
| State | $4.6 million | 75.7% |
| Local | $866,000 | 14.4% |
| Total | $6.0 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Lafayette Preparatory Academy | 414 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- LAFAYETTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 2900606
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Missouri — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Missouri — A to Z, each with its page.
- Missouri on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2014 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2014 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2014 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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