How Lafayette is run
Lafayette spent $1,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $38 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Lafayette is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $38 per resident a year, or $0.10 a day
The biggest line: fire, at 100% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Lafayette collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Lafayette didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286
Lafayette’s K–12 school district, shared with Belleville, Chautauqua, Elgin, Peru, Sedan and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,745 per pupil, $11,805 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
West Elk Unified School District 282 · $19,705 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Lafayette
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Lafayette yet. Neighbors can add them.
How Lafayette’s budget compares
Lafayette spends the least per resident of the 3 towns here. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Lafayette.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Lafayette’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Lafayette is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Lafayette, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.