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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS LOCAL·NCES 390503203910
Fairbanks Elementary School
11140 State Route 38, Milford Center, OH 43045 · (937) 349-9000 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
87 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 43%
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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 54% · 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
Based on grade levels within Fairbanks Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
80.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.7% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 80.3% |
| 2022-23 | 88.6% | 87.7% |
| 2021-22 | 84.7% | 81.9% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
84.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Fairbanks Elementary School
Fairbanks Elementary School's state test result (84.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks Elementary School this school | 444 | 19.6% | 84.2% |
| Pattison Elementary School Milford | 454 | 18.3% | 80.4% |
| Robert C Lindsey Elementary School Chesterland | 468 | 18.4% | 92.0% |
| Kirtland Elementary School Kirtland | 452 | 15.5% | 87.9% |
| Crestview Elementary School Brunswick | 430 | 19.5% | 86.3% |
| Broadway Elementary School Tipp City | 452 | 23.0% | 83.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Fairbanks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #160 of 673 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #364 of 1,569 ▼ 15 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #179 of 1,569 ▼ 20 | #3 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #381 of 1,514 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #679 of 1,808 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #844 of 1,582 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #1,446 of 1,590 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #638 of 767 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #846 of 992 | N/A |
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
444
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 285
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 444 | 24.9 | 17.8:1 | 20% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 25.1 | 17.9:1 | 18% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 23.4 | 18.7:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 24.5 | 18.9:1 | 14% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 19 | 24.5:1 | 28% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 15% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairbanks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (463 to 444); teachers up 2% (24.5 to 24.9).
About Fairbanks Elementary School
Fairbanks Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Milford Center, Ohio. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 444 students in 2024-25.
The district, Fairbanks Local, has 1,079 students enrolled across 3 schools.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at Fairbanks Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Union County's population at about 85%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairbanks Elementary School is 17.8:1, based on 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 17.9:1. Fairbanks Elementary School counts 20% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Union County average a similar 19%.
On the allk12 Grade, Fairbanks Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Fairbanks Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 84.2% is 2.8 points above the 81.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Union County, the median household earns about $112,322 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Union County, 19 public schools serve about 12,597 students.
Among nearby public schools, Fairbanks Middle School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Fairbanks Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Fairbanks Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 444, compared with 463 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 21.1:1 to 17.8:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,324
Census ACS
Median income
$112,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,597 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairbanks Local
- Fairbanks High SchoolHigh · 390 students
- Fairbanks Middle SchoolMiddle · 245 students
Other schools in Milford Center
- Fairbanks High SchoolHigh · 390 students
- Fairbanks Middle SchoolMiddle · 245 students
Other Fairbanks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fairbanks Elementary. Fairbanks Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Fairbanks ElementarySacramento, CA · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Fairbanks Middle School0.1 mi · 245
- Fairbanks High School0.1 mi · 390
- Bunsold Middle School3.1 mi · 862
- Edgewood Elementary School5.2 mi · 487
- Marysville STEM Early College High School6.1 mi · 692
- Marysville High School6.2 mi · 1,100
Frequently asked questions
About Fairbanks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairbanks Elementary School?
Fairbanks Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fairbanks Elementary School serve?
Fairbanks Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fairbanks Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Fairbanks Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairbanks Elementary School?
At Fairbanks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Fairbanks Elementary School public or private?
Fairbanks Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairbanks Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.