Fairfield Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fairfield Elementary School educates 481 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Fort Wayne Community Schools.

Within Fort Wayne Community Schools, which oversees 50 schools and 28,561 students, Fairfield Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fairfield Elementary School logs that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 13% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Allen County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at Fairfield Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Allen County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fairfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 15.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Allen County put median household earnings sit near $70,737, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Allen County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), of which Fairfield Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is South Wayne Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairfield Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairfield Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

Fairfield Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairfield Elementary School has fell 7%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 31% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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