FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL

As a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in FAIRMONT, Minnesota, FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL works with 839 students from grades 7 through 12, run under FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 126% above typical.

FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,846 students overall.

On demographics, FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the resource side, FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the surrounding community, Martin County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,507, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Martin County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,110 students), of which FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL is one.

FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 830 (now 839). Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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