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 † New high schools opened in each of these years, leading to students being reassigned. Teacher statistics Full-time: 67 (2012-2013) Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.4:1 Demographics As of the 2012–2013 school year, Lafayette High School's student body was 61% (667) White; 25% (276) Black; 7% (79) Hispanic; 3% (29) Asian; and 4% (47) other. The school was 53% male and 47% female. Culture Lafayette High School has several activities throughout the year. The first big occasion is the typical Spirit Week and Homecoming Dance. Lafayette is known in the school district for having a parade in Colonial Williamsburg that features each class making a float to accompany their class princes/princesses/kings/queens. A number of clubs also participate as well. One year, the Operation Smile club hosted a Sadie Hawkens Dance as a fundraiser. The sophomore class at one point held their Ring Dance at the school. Prom and After Prom have also been held at the school in past years. The school also has pep rallies for every sports season (Fall, Winter, and Spring). Athletics The mascot is a ram and the sports teams currently play in the AAAA Bay Rivers District. Lafayette High School has major track, cross country, and football programs that has produced several professional athletes. Lafayette enjoyed short a stint in the AA Bay Rivers District and will move to the AAAA Bay Rivers District in Fall 2015. 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 and 2019. Band The Lafayette Band program has won grand championships at several band festivals since the school opened in the early '70s under the direction of D. Keith Miller. During the period of the early '80s "Corp" style marching programs was introduced by Director Miller