Enrollment
327
High
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRLESS LOCAL·NCES 390498403709
Fairless High School
800 7th St SE, Brewster, OH 44613 · (330) 767-3444 · Stark County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
135 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 107 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 113 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 14% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fairless Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.6pp since 2021
Math
38.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 42.6% |
| 2022-23 | 68.2% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.8% | 40.0% |
% 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Fairless High School
Fairless High School's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairless High School this school | 327 | 41.3% | 63.2% |
| Blanchester High School Blanchester | 332 | 43.4% | 69.4% |
| Black River High School Sullivan | 339 | 44.8% | 72.5% |
| Loudonville High School Loudonville | 340 | 43.5% | 60.9% |
| Carlisle High School Carlisle | 415 | 40.0% | 64.2% |
| Wayne Trace High School Haviland | 404 | 40.1% | 69.8% |
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 Fairless High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #300 of 403 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #517 of 776 ▼ 83 | #13 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #482 of 774 ▼ 75 | #13 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #528 of 742 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #572 of 888 | #16 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #182 of 739 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #542 of 749 | #14 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #230 of 435 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #49 of 484 | #1 of 13 |
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
327
-56 (-15%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 327 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 41% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 41% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 33% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 21 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 20.5 | 21.5:1 | 40% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 46% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 42% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 18% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairless High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (440 to 327); teachers up 12% (20.5 to 23).
About Fairless High School
Fairless High School is a low-enrollment high school in Brewster, Ohio, administered by Fairless Local. A federal count lists 327 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Ohio is about 565, so this school runs 42% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Fairless Local totals 1,233 students.
The student body at Fairless High School is 93% White. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Stark County, the White share is about 85%. The school's diversity index is 14%, meaning two students picked at random have a 14% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 23 full-time equivalents, or about 14.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.5 below the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 41%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Fairless High School is 10.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.2% actual, 73.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Federal survey data for Stark County show that the median household income is $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 101 public schools in Stark County, enrolling about 53,798 students in all.
Fairless Middle School is the public school closest to Fairless High School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Fairless High School is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when Fairless High School had 383 students, to 2024-25, when it had 327. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Fairless High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairless Local
- Fairless Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Fairless Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Fairless Middle School0.3 mi · 293
- Fairless Elementary School0.4 mi · 613
- Indian River (Irjcf)5.4 mi · 126
- Massillon Intermediate School5.8 mi · 900
- Massillon Junior High School5.8 mi · 607
- Beacon Hill Community School AKA Beacon Hill Academy6.2 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Fairless High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairless High School?
Fairless High School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Fairless High School serve?
Fairless High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Fairless High School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Fairless High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairless High School?
At Fairless High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Fairless High School public or private?
Fairless High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairless Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.