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Enrollment
746
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461005930
Fairfield Compass Elementary
8801 Holden Blvd, Fairfield, OH 45014 · (513) 858-8700 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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
19.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
517 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 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
76%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
62.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
63.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 64.1% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 66.1% |
| 2021-22 | 63.4% | 64.1% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Compass Elementary
Fairfield Compass Elementary's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Compass Elementary this school | 746 | 69.3% | 64.3% |
| Bolton Crossing Elementary Grove | 717 | 70.0% | 45.6% |
| Huber Ridge Elementary School Westerville | 481 | 69.0% | 58.6% |
| Minerva France Elementary School Columbus | 559 | 68.2% | 64.3% |
| Herbert Mills Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 431 | 73.5% | 50.3% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Columbus | 538 | 71.4% | 62.4% |
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 Compass Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #552 of 673 | #21 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #834 of 1,569 ▼ 49 | #23 of 42 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #840 of 1,569 ▼ 29 | #21 of 42 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #409 of 1,514 | #12 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #109 of 1,808 | #5 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,150 of 1,582 | #24 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.7% | #5 of 1,590 | #1 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #67 of 767 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #829 of 992 | #25 of 27 |
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
746
-55 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 746 | 38.8 | 19.3:1 | 69% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 37.5 | 19.6:1 | 75% (548) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 37 | 20.3:1 | 52% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 36 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 34.5 | 22.7:1 | 47% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Compass Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (782 to 746); teachers up 12% (34.5 to 38.8).
About Fairfield Compass Elementary
Fairfield Compass Elementary is a public elementary school in Fairfield, Ohio. Enrolled students number 746 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
Fairfield Compass Elementary is a school in Fairfield City. The district has 10 schools and 9,591 students.
Fairfield Compass Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 36%. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 20% White, 14% Asian, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County residents are about 8% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Fairfield Compass Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Fairfield Compass Elementary is 69%. For comparison, public schools in Butler County average 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Fairfield Compass Elementary is B-. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Fairfield Compass Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.3% and a predicted 62.6%.
Census estimates describe Butler County this way: median household income is about $81,590, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 90 public schools in Butler County, with a combined enrollment of about 59,107.
Nearest public school: Fairfield High School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 67.9% proficiency; Fairfield Compass Elementary posts 64.3%.
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.
The number of students declined from 801 to 746 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.3:1, from 22.3:1.
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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 Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 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 Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield High School0.2 mi · 2,255
- Fairfield Freshman High School0.3 mi · 786
- Crossroads Middle School0.9 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield Central Elementary School1.1 mi · 756
- Creekside Middle School1.5 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield South Elementary School2.1 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Compass ElementaryHow many students attend Fairfield Compass Elementary?
Fairfield Compass Elementary enrolls approximately 746 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fairfield Compass Elementary serve?
Fairfield Compass Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairfield Compass Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairfield Compass Elementary is approximately 19.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fairfield Compass Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairfield Compass Elementary are roughly 20% White, 23% Hispanic, 36% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Fairfield Compass Elementary public or private?
Fairfield Compass Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.