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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Fairfield High School this year?
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Enrollment
2,255
High
DISTRICT 1,521 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461002429
Fairfield High School
8800 Holden Blvd, Fairfield, OH 45014 · (513) 942-2999 · Butler County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,255 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Ohio public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
1,189 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 12 | 1% |
| Grade 10 | 786 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 731 | 32% |
| Grade 12 | 726 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%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
65.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
31.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.0pp 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 31 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 4 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 | 65.6% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 23.7% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 24.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High School
Fairfield High School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield High School this school | 2,255 | 52.7% | 54.3% |
| Westerville-South High School Westerville | 1,509 | 49.4% | 68.8% |
| Central Crossing High School Grove City | 1,674 | 56.1% | 55.1% |
| Fairfield Freshman High School Fairfield | 786 | 57.1% | 85.9% |
| Scarlet Oaks Cdc Cincinnati | 1,023 | 54.0% | N/A |
| Dublin Scioto High School Dublin | 1,437 | 43.9% | 70.8% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #368 of 403 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #573 of 776 ▲ 36 | #10 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #392 of 774 ▼ 4 | #6 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #295 of 742 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,255 | #9 of 888 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #679 of 739 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #40 of 749 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #143 of 435 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #463 of 484 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,255
+39 (+2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,784
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 2,255 | 100.2 | 22.5:1 | 53% (1,189) |
| 2023-24 | 2,216 | 103.7 | 21.4:1 | 52% (1,155) |
| 2022-23 | 2,200 | 102.3 | 21.5:1 | 39% (856) |
| 2020-21 | 2,216 | 100 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,279 | 100.7 | 22.6:1 | 32% (735) |
| 2015-16 | 2,246 | 97 | 23.1:1 | 30% (680) |
| 2010-11 | 2,105 | 89 | 23.6:1 | 25% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 1,992 | 104 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,784 | 81 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (2,279 to 2,255); teachers down 1% (100.7 to 100.2).
About Fairfield High School
Fairfield High School is a large high school in Ohio, located in Fairfield. The school's enrollment of 2,255 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average about 565 students each.
Fairfield High School is one of 10 schools in Fairfield City, which enrolls 9,591 students in total.
Fairfield High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. Other reported shares: 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 76% White among all Butler County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.5:1, with 100.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fairfield High School is 53%. Public schools in Butler County average 42%.
Fairfield High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 25% of Ohio public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fairfield High School is 14.6 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Ohio.
According to the American Community Survey, in Butler County, the median household income is $81,590, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 90 public schools in Butler County, enrolling about 59,107 students in all.
Fairfield Freshman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Fairfield High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 54.3% is below the 67.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Fairfield High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 2,216 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 2,255.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Fairfield High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- 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
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- 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
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Other Fairfield High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Fairfield High. Fairfield High School is the largest of the 5.
- Fairfield HighFairfield, CA · 1,605 students
- Fairfield High SchoolFAIRFIELD, TX · 500 students
- Fairfield High SchoolFairfield, IA · 442 students
- Fairfield High SchoolFairfield, MT · 107 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield Freshman High School0.1 mi · 786
- Fairfield Compass Elementary0.2 mi · 746
- Crossroads Middle School0.7 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield Central Elementary School0.9 mi · 756
- Creekside Middle School1.3 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield South Elementary School2.0 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield High SchoolHow many students attend Fairfield High School?
Fairfield High School enrolls approximately 2,255 students in grades 09-12.
Is Fairfield High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairfield High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Fairfield High School have?
Fairfield High School employs 100 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
How diverse is Fairfield High School?
Fairfield High School reports a student body of 49% White, 17% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairfield High School?
Fairfield High School is overseen by Fairfield City in Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.