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Lafayette High School (Virginia)

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Lafayette High School is a public secondary school in James City County, Virginia, just outside the city limits of Williamsburg, Virginia. It is part of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools and is located at 4460 Longhill Road.

Lafayette High School
Address
Map
4460 Longhill Road

Williamsburg
,
Virginia
23188

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded1973
School districtWilliamsburg-James City County Public Schools
SuperintendentOlwen Herron
PrincipalPaul Rice
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,208[1] (2022-23)
LanguageEnglish
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Navy, gold and white
     
Athletics conferenceVirginia High School League
Bay Rivers District
Region I
MascotRam
RivalsJamestown High School
Warhill High School
WebsiteOfficial Site

Most of the Williamsburg city limits is in the Lafayette High attendance zone.[2][3]

History

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Lafayette High School opened in 1973 and served as the sole high school for James City County and Williamsburg City. The school itself is located in James City County though it has a Williamsburg mailing address.

In 1997, half of its student body with the exception of rising seniors were moved to Jamestown High School which opened to alleviate overcrowding at Lafayette. The Williamsburg area began to develop rapidly in the late 1990s and 2000s, which prompted the opening of Warhill High School in 2007. Students were forced to redistrict.

Campus

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The main office is located right at the main entrance of the school. The wide hallway opens up into the "upper commons". The cafeteria is located in this area. There are three lines for purchasing food. The auditorium is located to the left. Three large hallways branch out from the "upper commons." A smaller hallway leads to the girls locker room and the weight room used for athletic training. The first hallway across from the main office leads to the marketing classes, the gymnasium, the boys locker room, and the trailers, which will no longer be in use after the 2007–08 school year. There are two hallways which parallel the sides the auditorium. The first is known as the ramp. Another hallway at the top of the ramp leads to the fine arts classrooms. The other hallway leads to "the stairs. Another hallway branches off here as well. It leads to the mathematics and art classrooms. At the end of "the ramp" and "the stairs" is the "lower commons." The lower commons is a smaller gathering area that is busy when classes are changing. The Media Center is located at the back of the "lower commons." A loop goes around the media center. On one side is the semicircular world language and science hallway. On the outside of the semicircle is a pair of well equipped computer labs. On the other side is the social studies and technology hallway. At the back of the loop surrounding the Media Center is the entrance/exit to the bus loop. Two hallways branch off from the "lower commons." One leads to the small lecture hall and the fine arts hallway. The other leads to math hallway and the social studies hallway.

Enrollment

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Teacher statistics

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  • Full-time: 70 (2022-2023)
  • Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.1:1 [4]

Demographics

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As of the 2022-2023 school year, Lafayette High School's student body was 50.5% White; 22.2% Black; 16.1% Hispanic; 3.3% Asian; and 7.8% other.[4] The school was 52% male and 48% female.[5]

Athletics

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Lafayette athletic logo

The mascot is a ram and the sports teams currently play in the AA Bay Rivers District. Lafayette High School is a VHSL Class 3 School. Lafayette High School has major track, cross country, and football programs that has produced several professional athletes. Before Jamestown's opening, the Rams were in the AAA Peninsula District. The Rams have won seventeen AA state titles. They have five girls swimming titles from 2004–2008; one in field hockey in 2003; three titles in boys swimming in 1999, 2000, and 2009; two in boys indoor track in 2005 and 2015; one in boys outdoor track in 2005; one in AA Division 4 football in 2001; two consecutive individual girls tennis singles titles from 2007-2008; one in boys cross country in 2013; one in girls outdoor track in 2015; and in baseball in 2015[6] and 2019.[7]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "Lafayette High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Williamsburg city, VA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-08-15. - Pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 - Compare this to the school district boundary maps, which also outline the Williamsburg city limits. The zoning map shows that as of August 15, 2020 residential areas go up to the northwest.
  3. ^ "Williamsburg - James City County High School Zones" (PDF). Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools. August 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  4. ^ a b "Lafayette High". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  5. ^ "Lafayette High in WILLIAMSBURG, VA | Student Body | US News". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  6. ^ Holtzman, Kellen (2015-06-19). "Coaches Rick and R.J. Schenk say Lafayette baseball is all about family". Virginia Gazette. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  7. ^ O'Brien, Marty (2019-06-14). "Inspired Lafayette uses late rally, wins VHSL Class 4 state baseball title". Daily Press. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  8. ^ SI All-American Candidate Michael Green Highlights and Evaluation

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