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School located in Lexington, Kentucky's Picadome neighborhood
Lafayette High School is the Brooklyn public school where Jeffrey Epstein graduated in 1969 at age 16, having skipped two grades. He was captain of the math team, a detail that appears repeatedly in biographical documents about his early life.
Lafayette High School appears exclusively in biographical summaries of Epstein's background, particularly in documents that trace his path from Brooklyn to his later career in finance. The mentions consistently cite his role as math team captain and his accelerated graduation at age 16, establishing his early aptitude for mathematics. These references appear in FBI records, government documents, email correspondence, and investigative materials compiled to document Epstein's life story. The school is mentioned only as historical context, with no evidence of institutional involvement in later events.
Key Highlights
- •All mentions are biographical—Lafayette High School is cited as where Epstein graduated in 1969 at age 16 after skipping two grades
- •Documents consistently note he was captain of the math team, highlighting early mathematical talent that led to his teaching positions
- •The school appears in FBI background investigations, email biographies, and government records tracing his education from Brooklyn to Cooper Union
- •No documents suggest any connection between the school and Epstein's later criminal activities—it's purely a biographical data point
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Books for Further Reading
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Julie K. Brown
Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open
Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (16)
Microsoft Word - Exhibit K.docx
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Apr 9, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee
nger brother, Mark, now working in real estate. Jeffrey started to play the piano—for which he maintains a passion—at five, and he went to Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School. He was good at mathematics, and in his early 20s he got a job teaching physics and math at Dalton, the elite Manhattan private school. While there h
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Apr 17, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee
nger brother, Mark, now working in real estate. Jeffrey started to play the piano—for which he maintains a passion—at five, and he went to Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School. He was good at mathematics, and in his early 20s he got a job teaching physics and math at Dalton, the elite Manhattan private school. While there h
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
tein maintains residences in New York, U.S. Virgin Islands and New Mexico. Epstein was born 01/20/1953 and raised in Coney Island. He graduated from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn. The investigation has revealed that he took some classes in physics at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971. He left Cooper Union in 1971 and
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James Patterson 2_4.pdf
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Sep 28, 2016Source: House Oversight Committee
everly was two years older than Epstein, but thanks to his precocious tal- ents, which allowed him to skip two grades, they graduated from Brooklyn's Lafayette High School together, in 1969. “He was advanced,” Beverly remembers. “He tutored my girl- friend and myself in the summer. He taught me geometry in just two mon
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er was a housewife. He has a younger brother, Mark. Epstein was distinguished by little other than his math talents. The captain of the math team at Lafayette High school in Bensonhurst, he goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU’s Courant Ins
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er was a housewife. He has a younger brother, Mark. Epstein was distinguished by little other than his math talents. The captain of the math team at Lafayette High school in Bensonhurst, he goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU’s Courant Ins
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lass to riches tale: born in 1953 in Coney Island, father works for the city’s Parks Department, mother a housewife. The captain of the math team at Lafayette High school in Bensonhurst, goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022754 --- PAGE BREAK --- out after two years and begi
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hes tale: born in 1953 in Coney Island, father works for the city’s Parks Department, mother a housewife. His sport, the captain of the math team at Lafayette High school. HE goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathe
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her was a housewife. He has a younger brother, Mark. Epstein was distinguished by little other than his math talents. The captain of the math team at Lafayette High school in Bensonhurst, goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU’s Courant Instit
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ass to riches tale: born in 1953 in Coney Island, father worked for the city’s Parks Department, mother a housewife. The captain of the math team at Lafayette High school in Bensonhurst, he went on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He dropped out after two years. Without a college degree, an unsolved mystery ,
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Were you born on 1953 in Coney Island? Was your father a Parks dept employee? Was your mother a housewife? -were you the captain of the math team at Lafayette High School? -did you study at Cooper Union for two years before beginning classes at NYU's Courant classes? After this, did you teach math at Dalton? Was this
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Were you born on 1953 in Coney Island? Was your father a Parks dept employee? Was your mother a housewife? -were you the captain of the math team at Lafayette High School? -did you study at Cooper Union for two years before beginning classes at NYU's Courant classes? After this, did you teach math at Dalton? Was this
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Were you born on 1953 in Coney Island? Was your father a Parks dept employee? Was your mother a housewife? -were you the captain of the math team at Lafayette High School? -did you study at Cooper Union for two years before beginning classes at NYU's Courant classes? After this, did you teach math at Dalton? Was this
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1 mentionSource: Bureau of Prisons FOIA
the neighborhood of Sea Gate on Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, with one brother. After early promotion in two grades, Mr. Epstein graduated from Lafayette High School in 1969, at the age of 16. He attended Cooper Union and New York University but did not graduate from either. Mr. Epstein taught at the Dalton Schoo
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1 mentionSource: Bureau of Prisons FOIA
the neighborhood of Sea Gate on Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, with one brother. After early promotion in two grades, Mr. Epstein graduated from Lafayette High School in 1969, at the age of 16. He attended Cooper Union and New York University but did not graduate from either. Mr. Epstein taught at the Dalton Schoo
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usual, though, is that in this media-obsessed age he is not in any sense a self-promoter." Born in 1953 and raised in Coney Island, Epstein went to Lafayette High School. According to his bio, he took some classes in physics at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971. He left Cooper Union in 1971 and attended NYU's Courant I
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