Fairfield Elementary School

Fairfield Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Eugene, Oregon, one of the schools within Bethel SD 52, educates 381 students, covering grades K through 5.

Bethel SD 52 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,988 students. Fairfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Fairfield Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 38% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Lane County's rate of about 76%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairfield Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.6%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of +2.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lane County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,544 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lane County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), of which Fairfield Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: LESD Life Skills, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairfield Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 23.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fairfield Elementary School's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 381). The White share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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