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What's the most underrated thing about FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361863001685
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
330 MASSAPEQUA AVE, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758 · (516) 308-5301 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
47 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 59.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for New York 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 New York'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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 513 | 9.2% | 55.4% |
| CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 524 | 8.0% | 58.9% |
| SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL SEAFORD | 544 | 10.5% | 60.0% |
| EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 523 | 7.1% | 56.6% |
| MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 485 | 7.8% | 53.8% |
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THORNWOOD | 481 | 10.6% | 70.7% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #944 of 2,335 | #132 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,015 of 2,342 ▼ 45 | #139 of 172 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,189 of 2,343 ▼ 343 | #138 of 172 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #766 of 2,585 | #54 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,153 of 2,338 | #102 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #1,788 of 2,388 | #170 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #2,441 of 2,534 | #155 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #1,737 of 1,757 | #114 of 116 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
513
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 513 | 43.7 | 11.7:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 48.5 | 10.8:1 | 11% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 48.9 | 10.8:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 46 | 11.0:1 | 11% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 40.9 | 12.6:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 45 | 12.9:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 3% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 34 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in MASSAPEQUA, New York. It reports enrollment of 513 students in kindergarten through 5.
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 9 schools serve 6,461 students.
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 80% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Nassau County overall, about 57% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
The school lists 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 43% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 55.4%. Predicted: 71.6%.
The school is in Nassau County, where median household income comes to about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Nassau County's 315 public schools enroll about 200,775 students and include FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The closest school to FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL, located about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 507 in 2020-21 and 513 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,487 students
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,407 students
- BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 696 students
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- MHS AMES CAMPUSHigh · 495 students
Other schools in MASSAPEQUA
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,487 students
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,407 students
- PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 856 students
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOLElementary · 524 students
- UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- MHS AMES CAMPUSHigh · 495 students
Other Fairfield Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Fairfield Elementary. FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 11.
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolPickerington, OH · 502 students
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 481 students
- Fairfield ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 478 students
- Fairfield ElementaryWinnsboro, SC · 418 students
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolEugene, OR · 381 students
Nearby schools
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,407
- BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 696
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 359
- MHS AMES CAMPUS1.2 mi · 495
- SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL1.3 mi · 468
- SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 513 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.