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What's the most underrated thing about Fairfield North Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461002432
Fairfield North Elementary School
6116 Morris Rd, Hamilton, OH 45011 · (513) 868-0070 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
19.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
303 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 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
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
78.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.8pp since 2021
Math
74.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.2% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.5% | 74.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.7% | 73.3% |
% 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
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 North Elementary School
Fairfield North Elementary School's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield North Elementary School this school | 629 | 48.2% | 79.1% |
| Fairfield South Elementary School Fairfield | 677 | 54.8% | 72.5% |
| Union Elementary School West Chester | 682 | 41.9% | 75.7% |
| Hopewell Early Childhood School West Chester | 727 | 45.1% | N/A |
| Normandy Elementary School Dayton | 495 | 36.4% | 76.8% |
| Fairfield East Elementary School Hamilton | 650 | 58.5% | 66.3% |
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 North Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #268 of 673 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #529 of 1,569 ▼ 143 | #11 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #314 of 1,569 ▲ 30 | #5 of 42 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #707 of 1,514 | #20 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #231 of 1,808 | #23 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,225 of 1,582 | #28 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #123 of 1,590 | #9 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #290 of 767 | #9 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #448 of 992 | #14 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
629
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 629 | 32 | 19.7:1 | 48% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 48% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 30.5 | 21.6:1 | 31% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 32 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 34.5 | 21.3:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 32 | 21.5:1 | 22% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 36 | 18.4:1 | 18% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 5% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 1,010 | 50 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield North Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (734 to 629); teachers down 7% (34.5 to 32).
About Fairfield North Elementary School
Fairfield North Elementary School is a large elementary school for students in Hamilton, Ohio. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 629 students. The school is 56% larger than the average for elementary schools in Ohio.
A total of 10 schools make up Fairfield City, with 9,591 students enrolled.
At Fairfield North Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Butler County, the White share is about 76%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is lower. Of all students at Fairfield North Elementary School, 48% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fairfield North Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 70.6% at Fairfield North Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.1%.
For the population of Butler County, the median household earns about $81,590 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Butler County, 90 public schools serve about 59,107 students.
Fairfield North Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Butler Tech School of the Arts, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 646 (2020-21) to 629 (2024-25).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Fairfield North Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Butler Tech School of the Arts0.4 mi · 156
- D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center0.4 mi · 930
- Fairfield East Elementary School1.1 mi · 650
- Fairfield Preparatory Academy1.8 mi · 173
- Garfield Middle School2.6 mi · 814
- Fairwood Elementary School2.6 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield North Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairfield North Elementary School?
Fairfield North Elementary School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fairfield North Elementary School serve?
Fairfield North Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fairfield North Elementary School have?
Fairfield North Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairfield North Elementary School?
At Fairfield North Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairfield North Elementary School?
Fairfield North Elementary 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.