FAIRFAX HIGH

As a rural-scale 9-12 campus in FAIRFAX, Missouri, FAIRFAX HIGH works with 68 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by FAIRFAX R-III. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so FAIRFAX HIGH sits 86% smaller than that benchmark.

Within FAIRFAX R-III, which oversees 2 schools and 134 students, FAIRFAX HIGH is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FAIRFAX HIGH shows that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FAIRFAX HIGH reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.0:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FAIRFAX HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.6%; FAIRFAX HIGH posts 27.7%, -23.0 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Atchison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,750 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FAIRFAX HIGH is one of 7 public schools in Atchison County (combined enrollment of about 819 students).

FAIRFAX ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FAIRFAX HIGH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FAIRFAX HIGH has changed only slightly, going from 69 students in 2018 to 68 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.