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Enrollment
944
High
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180348000491
Fairfield Jr-Sr High School
67530 US 33, Goshen, IN 46526 · (574) 831-2184 · Elkhart County
GRADES 07–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL944 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Indiana public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
266 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 168 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 164 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 14% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Fairfield Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
40.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fairfield Jr-Sr High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Jr-Sr High School this school | 944 | 28.2% | 40.4% |
| Lowell Senior High School Lowell | 981 | 26.8% | N/A |
| Norwell High School Ossian | 753 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Heritage Hills High School Lincoln City | 634 | 28.7% | N/A |
| Hamilton Heights High School Arcadia | 710 | 28.3% | N/A |
| East Noble High School Kendallville | 1,019 | 32.5% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fairfield Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #27 of 103 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #25 of 104 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #33 of 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 944 | #109 of 392 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #248 of 359 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #204 of 360 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #318 of 373 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #30 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
944
+107 (+13%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 944 | 56.8 | 16.6:1 | 28% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 875 | 59 | 14.8:1 | 28% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 861 | 53.3 | 16.1:1 | 24% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 25% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 51.7 | 15.4:1 | 25% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 17% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 922 | 49 | 18.8:1 | 22% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 11% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 38 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Jr-Sr High School.
About Fairfield Jr-Sr High School
Fairfield Jr-Sr High School is a mid-sized high school in Goshen, Indiana. Enrollment totals 944 students across grades 7 through 12.
Fairfield Community Schools is made up of 4 schools with 2,209 students in all.
White students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Elkhart County's residents are about 74% White, 14 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 22, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 16.6:1 is based on 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Indiana is about 16.6:1. In all, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 51% for public schools in Elkhart County.
Among Indiana public high schools, Fairfield Jr-Sr High School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 40.4%, is 15.2 points below the 55.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
In the wider Elkhart County area, the median household earns about $68,561 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Fairfield Jr-Sr High School shares Elkhart County with 59 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Benton Elementary School is closest at about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Fairfield Jr-Sr High School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Fairfield Jr-Sr High School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 944, up from 837 in 2020-21.
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Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield Community Schools
- New Paris Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Millersburg Elementary- Middle SchElementary · 296 students
Other schools in Goshen
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Goshen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Model Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Benton Elementary School1.0 mi · 481
- New Paris Elementary School2.9 mi · 488
- Prairie View Elementary School2.9 mi · 415
- Waterford Elementary School3.5 mi · 400
- Millersburg Elementary- Middle Sch3.7 mi · 296
- Parkside Elementary School4.9 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHow many students attend Fairfield Jr-Sr High School?
Fairfield Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 944 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Fairfield Jr-Sr High School serve?
Fairfield Jr-Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield Jr-Sr High School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Fairfield Jr-Sr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairfield Jr-Sr High School?
At Fairfield Jr-Sr High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fairfield Jr-Sr High School in?
Fairfield Jr-Sr High School is part of Fairfield Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.