Fairdale High

Fairdale High is one of the roomy secondary schools in Fairdale, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County, with 1,405 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Fairdale High sits 152% larger than that benchmark.

Jefferson County comprises 167 schools with combined enrollment of 95,124 students; Fairdale High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairdale High logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Fairdale High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairdale High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.7%; actual is 23.0%, a gap of -17.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $69,866, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Fairdale High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairdale High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Fairdale High's enrollment has climbed 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,210 (now 1,405). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 18% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Fairdale High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.