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Lafayette Academy

03M256

06,07,08 - Manhattan, District 3

154 WEST 93 STREET (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

218 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $3,963,220 ($18,180/student)

Attendance: 87.6%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 94.6%

Math Course Pass Rate: 92.9%

Overview

Lafayette Academy is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Manhattan, Community School District 3.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	159
2014-15	142
2015-16	138
2016-17	149
2017-18	138
2018-19	153
2019-20	143
2020-21	178
2021-22	158
2022-23	158
2023-24	195
2024-25	199
2025-26	218

% female: 55% (2025-26)

% poverty: 50.5% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 28.9% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 8.7% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 4.6% (2025-26)

Black: 21.1% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 36.7% (2025-26)

White: 31.2% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 6.4% (2025-26)

Native American: 0% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.55 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 87.6%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 94.6%

Math Course Pass Rate: 92.9%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	87.6%
2024	ELA course pass rate	94.6%
2024	Math course pass rate	92.9%
2023	Attendance	85.1%
2023	ELA course pass rate	94.6%
2023	Math course pass rate	86.5%
2022	Attendance	91.1%
2022	ELA course pass rate	98.7%
2022	Math course pass rate	96.8%
2021	Attendance	90.1%
2021	ELA course pass rate	98%
2021	Math course pass rate	99.3%
2020	Attendance	79.8%
2020	ELA course pass rate	85.2%
2020	Math course pass rate	88.1%
2019	Attendance	94.1%
2019	ELA course pass rate	98.5%
2019	Math course pass rate	99.3%
2018	Attendance	92.4%
2018	ELA course pass rate	94.4%
2018	Math course pass rate	91.7%
2017	ELA course pass rate	83.7%
2017	Math course pass rate	88.9%
2016	ELA course pass rate	95%
2016	Math course pass rate	91.5%
2015	ELA course pass rate	95.3%
2015	Math course pass rate	93%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	6	ELA	456	68.5%	73
2026	6	Math	455	56.9%	72
2026	7	ELA	463	69%	58
2026	7	Math	470	81.4%	59
2026	8	ELA	457	60.9%	46
2026	8	Math	457	59.1%	44
2025	6	ELA	463	75.9%	54
2025	6	Math	465	72.4%	58
2025	7	ELA	467	73.7%	38
2025	7	Math	463	60%	40
2025	8	ELA	456	71.7%	46
2025	8	Math	464	67.9%	53
2024	6	ELA	457	62.1%	29
2024	6	Math	453	56.3%	32
2024	7	ELA	463	79.1%	43
2024	7	Math	473	80.4%	46
2024	8	ELA	451	53.8%	52
2024	8	Math	451	48%	50
2023	6	ELA	457	69.4%	36
2023	6	Math	459	59%	39
2023	7	ELA	463	78.9%	38
2023	7	Math	464	57.5%	40
2023	8	ELA	461	79.4%	63
2023	8	Math	462	74.3%	70
2022	6	ELA	612	80.6%	36
2022	6	Math	607	56.8%	37
2022	7	ELA	613	69.2%	65
2022	7	Math	602	43.1%	65
2022	8	ELA	605	66.7%	33
2022	8	Math	604	41.2%	34
2019	6	ELA	600	43.5%	46
2019	6	Math	598	41.7%	48
2019	7	ELA	605	44.2%	43
2019	7	Math	599	42.9%	42
2019	8	ELA	607	76.1%	46
2019	8	Math	612	63.8%	47
2018	6	ELA	603	54.1%	37
2018	6	Math	594	30.8%	39
2018	7	ELA	609	61.9%	42
2018	7	Math	597	34%	47
2018	8	ELA	594	40%	40
2018	8	Math	599	35%	40

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2025	75	45	0-5	not reported
2024	79	29	0-5	not reported
2023	76	45	0-5	not reported
2022	39	23	0-5	not reported

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$3,963,220	$2,839,180	$18,180
FY 2026	$501,308	not reported	$2,300

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
TL Fair Student Funding	$2,839,180
TL Initial Allocation Hold Harmless FY 2027	$332,396
TL CFES RIS Rule 10	$209,370
TL Guidance Support High Need	$125,115
TL 09 C4E ICT	$99,514
IDEA RS IEP Para	$76,121
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$68,850
TL Parent Coordinator	$53,938
TL CB School Staff	$44,286
Title I STH for Non Title I Schools	$32,664
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$24,150
TL C4E FSF	$19,426
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$10,199
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
TL Computer Maintenance	$5,839
TL NYC Solves Support	$5,585
TL NYC Reads Support	$3,723
Title III Translation Services	$3,024
TL NYSTL Library Books	$1,369
High Need Support for Title I STH	$944
TL Parent Coordinator OTPS	$500

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported

Sources & methodology

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