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Fairhaven High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fairhaven High
Fairhaven High, an intimate four-year high school in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, run under Fairhaven, caters to 568 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Fairhaven High sits 27% below that benchmark.
Fairhaven runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,727 students. Fairhaven High is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Fairhaven High lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
In the area at large, census data for Bristol County shows median household earnings sit near $85,625, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Fairhaven High is one.
Hastings Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairhaven High has ticked down 13%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 88% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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