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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461002428
Fairfield Central Elementary School
5054 Dixie Hwy, Fairfield, OH 45014 · (513) 829-7979 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
612 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.4pp since 2021
Math
66.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +10.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 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 | 56.0% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 62.5% |
| 2022-23 | 56.3% | 65.2% |
| 2021-22 | 58.4% | 56.3% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Fairfield Central Elementary School
Fairfield Central Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Central Elementary School this school | 756 | 81.0% | 61.0% |
| Stiles Elementary School Columbus | 511 | 88.6% | 32.4% |
| Prairie Norton Elementary School Columbus | 510 | 76.7% | 51.2% |
| Prairie Lincoln Elementary School Columbus | 515 | 78.8% | 42.4% |
| West Franklin Elementary School Columbus | 488 | 90.2% | 47.0% |
| Global Ambassadors Language Academy Cleveland | 279 | 71.0% | 51.7% |
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 Fairfield Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #592 of 673 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #749 of 1,569 ▲ 76 | #20 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #997 of 1,569 ▲ 2 | #27 of 42 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #663 of 1,514 | #19 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #105 of 1,808 | #4 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,327 of 1,582 | #31 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #119 of 1,590 | #8 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #26 of 767 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #239 of 561 | #11 of 21 |
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
756
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,001
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 756 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 81% (612) |
| 2023-24 | 806 | 36 | 22.4:1 | 80% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 36 | 21.7:1 | 71% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 771 | 35 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 31.9 | 20.9:1 | 65% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | 39 | 22.3:1 | 59% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 52% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 35 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,001 | 44 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (665 to 756); teachers up 16% (31.9 to 37).
About Fairfield Central Elementary School
Federal records list Fairfield Central Elementary School as an elementary school in Fairfield, Ohio. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 756 students. It has 87% more students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Federal data list 10 schools in Fairfield City, with 9,591 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Fairfield Central Elementary School, 43%, is Hispanic. Next come 29% Black, 19% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 7% Hispanic among all Butler County residents. The diversity index for Fairfield Central Elementary School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1. The school reported 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 39 points above the 42% average for public schools in Butler County.
Fairfield Central Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.0% is 2.7 points above the 58.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Butler County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $81,590, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 90 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,107, Fairfield Central Elementary School among them.
Crossroads Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Fairfield Central Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Fairfield Central Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Fairfield Central Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 771 to 756. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.4:1.
The allk12 page for Fairfield Central Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,876
Census ACS
Median income
$81,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
59,107 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield City
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fairfield West Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Fairfield Freshman High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fairfield West Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Fairfield Freshman High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Nearby schools
- Crossroads Middle School0.2 mi · 1,111
- Creekside Middle School0.7 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield Freshman High School0.8 mi · 786
- Fairfield High School0.9 mi · 2,255
- Fairfield Compass Elementary1.1 mi · 746
- Fairfield South Elementary School1.3 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fairfield Central Elementary School?
Fairfield Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 756 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fairfield Central Elementary School serve?
Fairfield Central Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield Central Elementary School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Fairfield Central Elementary School.
How diverse is Fairfield Central Elementary School?
Fairfield Central Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 43% Hispanic, 29% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Fairfield Central Elementary School in?
Fairfield Central Elementary School is part of Fairfield City.
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