Fairfax Senior High

Set in Los Angeles, California, Fairfax Senior High is a large secondary school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. It teaches 1,495 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Fairfax Senior High sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Fairfax Senior High is among them.

Demographically, Fairfax Senior High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 14% Asian, 13% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fairfax Senior High reports 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fairfax Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 39.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Fairfax Senior High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Whitman Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairfax Senior High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairfax Senior High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.1%.

Fairfax Senior High operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Fairfax Senior High's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,918 (now 1,495). Asian enrollment moved from 21% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Fairfax Senior High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.