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What's the one class at Fairfield West Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
870
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461002434
Fairfield West Elementary School
4700 River Rd, Fairfield, OH 45014 · (513) 868-3021 · Butler County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL870 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
23.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
522 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 | 224 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
71%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
69.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
72.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 | 69.4% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 70.4% |
| 2022-23 | 63.7% | 69.3% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 72.6% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 West Elementary School
Fairfield West Elementary School's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield West Elementary School this school | 870 | 60.0% | 69.1% |
| Fairfield East Elementary School Hamilton | 650 | 58.5% | 66.3% |
| Fairfield South Elementary School Fairfield | 677 | 54.8% | 72.5% |
| Wright Brothers Elementary School Huber Heights | 659 | 59.2% | 50.8% |
| Hilliard Horizon Elementary School Columbus | 596 | 58.4% | 57.5% |
| Charles Huber Elementary School Huber Heights | 610 | 60.3% | 56.6% |
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 West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #472 of 673 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #588 of 1,569 ▲ 17 | #12 of 42 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #611 of 1,569 ▲ 86 | #17 of 42 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #1,035 of 1,514 | #27 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 870 | #58 of 1,808 | #2 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #1,505 of 1,582 | #39 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #79 of 1,590 | #4 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #138 of 767 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #325 of 561 | #13 of 21 |
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
870
+94 (+12%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,002
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 870 | 37.8 | 23.1:1 | 60% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 43.5 | 19.1:1 | 58% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 831 | 41 | 20.3:1 | 42% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 776 | 36 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 33.5 | 23.9:1 | 37% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 32 | 22.9:1 | 39% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 36% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 11% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 1,002 | 50 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (800 to 870); teachers up 13% (33.5 to 37.8).
About Fairfield West Elementary School
Fairfield West Elementary School is a large elementary school. Its address is in Fairfield, Ohio. It reported 870 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Fairfield West Elementary School is one school in Fairfield City, a system of 10 schools with 9,591 students.
No group is above 50% at Fairfield West Elementary School; the largest is White, at 46%. It is also 21% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Butler County's residents are about 76% White, 30 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Fairfield West Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1, with 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 60% at Fairfield West Elementary School. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Butler County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Fairfield West Elementary School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairfield West Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 69.1% actual against 66.2% predicted.
The school is in Butler County, where the median household earns about $81,590 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Fairfield West Elementary School shares Butler County with 89 other public schools.
Linden Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Fairfield West Elementary School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 776 to 870, a 12% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (23.1:1) than in 2020-21 (21.6:1).
The allk12 page for Fairfield West Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Freshman High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Fairfield Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fairfield Freshman High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Fairfield Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Nearby schools
- Linden Elementary School0.8 mi · 674
- Fairfield South Elementary School1.4 mi · 677
- Creekside Middle School1.5 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield Central Elementary School1.8 mi · 756
- Crossroads Middle School2.0 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield Freshman High School2.6 mi · 786
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield West Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fairfield West Elementary School?
Fairfield West Elementary School enrolls approximately 870 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fairfield West Elementary School serve?
Fairfield West Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield West Elementary School?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Fairfield West Elementary School.
How diverse is Fairfield West Elementary School?
Fairfield West Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 13% Hispanic, 21% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairfield West Elementary School?
Fairfield West 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.