Enrollment
268
Combined
STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD·NCES 200831002025
Fairfield Schools
16115 South Langdon Road, Langdon, KS 67583 · (620) 596-2152 · Reno County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 49.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
133 students
STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 33% larger than its 8th grade class (15).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
25.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 16.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Schools
Fairfield Schools's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Schools this school | 268 | 49.6% | 27.0% |
| Centre Lost Springs | 183 | 56.3% | 46.3% |
| West Elk Schools Howard | 371 | 67.9% | 34.5% |
| Pawnee Heights Rozel | 109 | 33.9% | 50.6% |
| Satanta Elem Satanta | 128 | 64.8% | 36.2% |
| Rolla JH/HS (6-12) Rolla | 50 | 66.0% | 38.4% |
Matched among Kansas K-12 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 Schools ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
268
-16 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 268 | 26.6 | 10.1:1 | 50% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 24.6 | 11.1:1 | 50% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 23.6 | 12.1:1 | 59% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 29 | 9.8:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 32.3 | 9.7:1 | 62% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 32 | 10.3:1 | 70% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 33 | 9.6:1 | 72% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Schools.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (314 to 268); teachers down 18% (32.3 to 26.6).
About Fairfield Schools
As a small school serving multiple grade levels, Fairfield Schools serves students in Langdon, Kansas. The school runs pre-K through 12 and enrolls 268 students. By comparison, combined schools in Kansas enroll about 353 students on average.
Fairfield Schools is part of Fairfield.
Fairfield Schools is 82% White by enrollment. Next come 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Reno County, where about 85% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
The school has 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.1 students per teacher. Combined schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 49.0:1. The school reported 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Fairfield Schools's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.0% is 11.5 points below the 38.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Reno County, the median household earns about $60,645 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Fairfield Schools, Reno County has 33 public schools.
Fairfield Schools is about 16.1 miles from Stafford Middle School/High School, its nearest public school. Local comparison: Fairfield Schools ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 27.0% versus a 35.6% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school shrank from 284 students in 2020-21 to 268 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Fairfield Schools lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Stafford Middle School/High School16.1 mi · 116
- Stafford Elementary16.1 mi · 133
- Cunningham High16.3 mi · 117
- Cunningham Elem16.4 mi · 109
- Pretty Prairie Elem17.7 mi · 133
- Pretty Prairie High17.8 mi · 82
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield SchoolsHow many students attend Fairfield Schools?
Fairfield Schools enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-12.
Is Fairfield Schools an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairfield Schools is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Fairfield Schools have?
Fairfield Schools employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairfield Schools?
At Fairfield Schools, the student body is approximately 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Fairfield Schools in?
Fairfield Schools is part of Fairfield.
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