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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461000802
Fairfield East Elementary School
6711 Morris Rd, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 737-5000 · Butler County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
380 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 103 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
70%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
65.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
67.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 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 up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 65.4% |
| 2022-23 | 58.9% | 67.4% |
| 2021-22 | 60.2% | 59.7% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 East Elementary School
Fairfield East Elementary School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield East Elementary School this school | 650 | 58.5% | 66.3% |
| Fairfield South Elementary School Fairfield | 677 | 54.8% | 72.5% |
| Fairfield West Elementary School Fairfield | 870 | 60.0% | 69.1% |
| Daniel Wright Elementary School Columbus | 590 | 65.8% | 64.4% |
| Shawnee Early Childhood School Cincinnati | 630 | 47.6% | N/A |
| Hilliard Horizon Elementary School Columbus | 596 | 58.4% | 57.5% |
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 East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #521 of 673 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #731 of 1,569 ▲ 27 | #19 of 42 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #733 of 1,569 ▲ 13 | #20 of 42 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #469 of 1,514 | #11 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #207 of 1,808 | #20 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #909 of 1,582 | #17 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #110 of 1,590 | #7 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #151 of 767 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #988 of 992 | #27 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
650
+76 (+13%) vs 2020
+41% since 2000-01, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 58% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 58% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 42% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 29 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 38% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 28 | 24.3:1 | 40% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 36% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 11% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (652 to 650); teachers up 13% (32 to 36).
About Fairfield East Elementary School
Families in Hamilton, Ohio, are served by Fairfield East Elementary School, a large elementary school. It enrolled 650 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
Fairfield East Elementary School reports to Fairfield City, which has 10 schools and 9,591 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Fairfield East Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 46%. The next largest groups are 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Butler County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Fairfield East Elementary School is 36 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Around 58% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Butler County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 66.7%.
Fairfield East Elementary School is located in Butler County, where the median household income is $81,590, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairfield East Elementary School is one of 90 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Fairfield North Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. Fairfield East Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The NCES locale for Fairfield East Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 13% from 2020-21, when Fairfield East Elementary School had 574 students, to 2024-25, when it had 650. Students per teacher fell from 19.8 in 2020-21 to 18.1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Hamilton
- Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 2,403 students
- D Russel Lee Career-Technology CenterHigh · 930 students
- Ross High SchoolHigh · 893 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield North Elementary School1.1 mi · 629
- D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center1.5 mi · 930
- Butler Tech School of the Arts1.5 mi · 156
- Fairfield Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 173
- Crawford Woods Elementary School2.3 mi · 564
- Garfield Middle School2.4 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield East Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairfield East Elementary School?
Fairfield East Elementary School enrolls approximately 650 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fairfield East Elementary School serve?
Fairfield East Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield East Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Fairfield East Elementary School.
How diverse is Fairfield East Elementary School?
Fairfield East Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 14% Hispanic, 21% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairfield East Elementary School?
Fairfield East Elementary School is overseen by Fairfield City in Butler County.
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