Fairfield East Elementary School

Fairfield East Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Hamilton, Ohio, operated by Fairfield City, with 650 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Fairfield East Elementary School sits 61% above that benchmark.

Fairfield East Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Fairfield City, a district that caters to 9,591 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Fairfield East Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Butler County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fairfield East Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.7%; this one delivers 66.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Butler County put median household earnings sit near $81,590, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Fairfield East Elementary School is one of 90 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 59,107 students).

The closest other public school is Fairfield North Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Fairfield East Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 650). The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Fairfield East Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.