Fairfield Jr-Sr High School

Fairfield Jr-Sr High School operates as a moderately sized 9-12 campus in Goshen, Indiana, part of Fairfield Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 944 students spanning grades 7 through 12.

Fairfield Jr-Sr High School is one of 4 schools operated by Fairfield Community Schools, a district that instructs 2,209 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fairfield Jr-Sr High School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Elkhart County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Fairfield Jr-Sr High School logs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Elkhart County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fairfield Jr-Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.6%; this one comes in at 40.4%, -15.2 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Elkhart County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Elkhart County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), of which Fairfield Jr-Sr High School is one.

Benton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairfield Jr-Sr High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Fairfield Jr-Sr High School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Fairfield Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 798 (now 944). Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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