Lafayette’s public schools score below 56% of Tennessee districts
The public schools Lafayette’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How Lafayette compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Tennessee only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Lafayette.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Lafayette
6 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Lafayette families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Lafayette
There’s no college in Lafayette, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Cumberland University in Lebanon, 26.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lafayette. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Tennessee. Stars are from neighbors.