Fairfield Schools

Fairfield Schools is a small all-grades campus in Langdon, Kansas, part of Fairfield. The school works with 268 students in grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

Fairfield is the operating authority for Fairfield Schools, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Fairfield Schools lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Reno County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 49.0:1, putting Fairfield Schools tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Fairfield Schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairfield Schools performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Reno County) records that median household earnings sit near $60,645, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Fairfield Schools is one of 33 public schools in Reno County (combined enrollment of about 8,909 students).

Stafford Middle School/High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 16.1 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairfield Schools at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

Fairfield Schools operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fairfield Schools's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 268). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 90% to 82%.

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