Enrollment
390
High
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS LOCAL·NCES 390503203909
Fairbanks High School
11158 State Route 38, Milford Center, OH 43045 · (937) 349-3721 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Ohio public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
75 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 26% |
Student demographics
13%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
Feeds from
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
85.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
75.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.7% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 86.8% | 77.4% |
| 2022-23 | 89.7% | 60.3% |
| 2021-22 | 81.9% | 65.7% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 High School
Fairbanks High School's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks High School this school | 390 | 19.2% | 80.0% |
| Eastwood I High School Pemberville | 432 | 22.7% | 81.7% |
| Johnstown High School Johnstown | 488 | 19.7% | 71.4% |
| Hiland High School Millersburg | 395 | 13.7% | 78.1% |
| St Henry High School Saint Henry | 296 | 23.0% | 89.0% |
| South Range High School Canfield | 352 | 22.4% | 78.8% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #86 of 403 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #82 of 776 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #61 of 774 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #227 of 742 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #491 of 888 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #559 of 739 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #573 of 749 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.2% | #383 of 435 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #69 of 198 |
Ranked against other public high 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
390
+40 (+11%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 390 | 20.4 | 19.1:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 19.9 | 18.3:1 | 19% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 17.9 | 20.9:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 22 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 20.7 | 16.8:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 18 | 16.0:1 | 24% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 13 | 26.2:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 20 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairbanks High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (346 to 390); teachers down 1% (20.7 to 20.4).
About Fairbanks High School
Fairbanks High School is a small high school in Ohio, with an address in Milford Center. A total of 390 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Ohio is about 565 students, so this school is 31% smaller than average.
The district, Fairbanks Local, operates 3 schools serving 1,079 students.
At Fairbanks High School, White students make up 93% of the student body. It is also 4% Hispanic. Union County's residents are about 85% White, 8 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Fairbanks High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
Teachers at the school number 20.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.1:1. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 19% average for public schools in Union County.
allk12 grades Fairbanks High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fairbanks High School is -1.5 points: 80.0% actual, 81.5% predicted.
Census estimates describe Union County this way: median household income is about $112,322, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Union County number 19 and enroll about 12,597.
The shortest distance from Fairbanks High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Fairbanks Middle School. The five-mile area around Fairbanks High School holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 78.8% proficiency; Fairbanks High School posts 80.0%.
Federal data place Fairbanks High School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 11%, from 350 to 390. The school's ratio rose from 15.9:1 to 19.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Fairbanks Middle SchoolMiddle · 245 students
Other schools in Milford Center
- Fairbanks Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Fairbanks Middle SchoolMiddle · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Fairbanks Middle School0.0 mi · 245
- Fairbanks Elementary School0.1 mi · 444
- 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 High SchoolHow many students attend Fairbanks High School?
Fairbanks High School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Fairbanks High School serve?
Fairbanks High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Fairbanks High School have?
Fairbanks High School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
How diverse is Fairbanks High School?
Fairbanks High School reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Fairbanks High School public or private?
Fairbanks High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairbanks Local.
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