Fairbanks Middle School

Fairbanks Middle School, a compact middle-grades school in Milford Center, Ohio, operated by Fairbanks Local, instructs 245 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% below the state mean of about 482.

Fairbanks Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,079 students. Fairbanks Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fairbanks Middle School shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Fairbanks Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at Fairbanks Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairbanks Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 80.8%, the actual is 82.1%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Union County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $112,322 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,597 students), of which Fairbanks Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fairbanks High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairbanks Middle School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 78.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 250 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 92% to 96% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Fairbanks Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.