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Enrollment
410
Middle
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191134000694
Fairfield Middle School
404 W Fillmore, Fairfield, IA 52556 · (641) 472-5019 · Jefferson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
168 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 120 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Fairfield Middle School→Fairfield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fairfield Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
70.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 69.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Middle School
Fairfield Middle School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Middle School this school | 410 | 41.0% | 71.5% |
| Mount Pleasant Middle School Mount Pleasant | 383 | 44.4% | 71.0% |
| Oskaloosa Middle School Oskaloosa | 404 | 43.1% | 74.2% |
| Forest City Middle School Forest City | 330 | 41.5% | 76.8% |
| Nevada Middle School Nevada | 442 | 42.1% | 82.5% |
| Algona Middle School Algona | 419 | 41.3% | 81.8% |
Matched among Iowa middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #148 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #156 of 224 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #116 of 224 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #99 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #66 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #86 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #113 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #34 of 103 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
410
-63 (-13%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 410 | 29.9 | 13.7:1 | 41% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 29.3 | 14.3:1 | 46% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 38.1 | 11.5:1 | 51% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 35.2 | 13.9:1 | 47% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 42% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 44% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 41 | 12.1:1 | 22% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 32 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (490 to 410); teachers down 15% (35.2 to 29.9).
About Fairfield Middle School
Fairfield Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Fairfield, Iowa, administered by Fairfield Comm School District. Students in grades 5 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 410 students.
Federal data list 4 schools in Fairfield Comm School District, with 1,408 students enrolled.
At Fairfield Middle School, 79% of students are White. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
Staffing at Fairfield Middle School comes to 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7:1. Middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. Fairfield Middle School counts 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 71.5%. Fairfield Middle School scores 71.5%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, median household income comes to about $61,620, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County's 6 public schools enroll about 1,974 students and include Fairfield Middle School.
Pence Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Fairfield Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Fairfield Middle School holds 3 other public schools. Fairfield Middle School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Fairfield Middle School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 410, from 473 in 2020-21.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,705
Census ACS
Median income
$61,620
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield Comm School District
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 442 students
- Pence ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 239 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 442 students
- Pence ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 239 students
Other Fairfield Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Fairfield Middle. Fairfield Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Fairfield MiddleRichmond, VA · 936 students
- Fairfield MiddleWinnsboro, SC · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Pence Elementary0.2 mi · 317
- Washington Elementary0.8 mi · 239
- Fairfield High School1.2 mi · 442
- Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center12.8 mi · 292
- Cardinal Junior High14.2 mi · 314
- Cardinal High School14.2 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Middle SchoolHow large is Fairfield Middle School?
Fairfield Middle School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Fairfield Middle School serve?
Fairfield Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Fairfield Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Fairfield Middle School?
Student demographics at Fairfield Middle School are roughly 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fairfield Middle School in?
Fairfield Middle School is part of Fairfield Comm School District.
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