Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SD 52·NCES 410204000618
Fairfield Elementary School
3455 Royal Ave, Eugene, OR 97402 · (541) 689-3751 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
333 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
29.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 26.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Elementary School
Fairfield Elementary School's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Elementary School this school | 381 | 87.4% | 30.8% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Medford | 398 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
| Cummings Elementary School Keizer | 397 | 88.9% | 18.1% |
| Gubser Elementary School Keizer | 423 | 87.9% | 28.4% |
| Sam Case Elementary Newport | 353 | 90.1% | 29.3% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Medford | 393 | 87.0% | 27.0% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #355 of 591 | #35 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #378 of 646 ▲ 48 | #29 of 55 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #284 of 646 ▲ 53 | #23 of 55 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #245 of 710 | #18 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #409 of 587 | #40 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #140 of 587 | #2 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #207 of 645 | #16 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #46 of 88 | #3 of 7 |
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
381
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 87% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 18.7 | 18.9:1 | 65% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 21.2 | 15.7:1 | 65% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 17.6 | 20.2:1 | 87% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 16 | 22.5:1 | 87% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 13 | 22.2:1 | 94% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 22 | 17.8:1 | 64% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 22 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (356 to 381); teachers up 19% (17.6 to 21).
About Fairfield Elementary School
Fairfield Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Eugene, Oregon, one of the schools in Bethel SD 52. Enrolled students number 381 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Bethel SD 52 counts 4,988 students in its 11 schools, and Fairfield Elementary School is one of them.
The most common group at Fairfield Elementary School is White students, at 49%. Enrollment also includes 38% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. The school's White share is 32 points below the 81% share among Lane County residents. Fairfield Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fairfield Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.1:1. That is higher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The lunch program counts 87% of students at Fairfield Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Lane County average 76%.
Fairfield Elementary School is 2.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (30.8% versus 28.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oregon.
Lane County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,544, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lane County is home to 117 public schools and about 42,240 public school students.
LESD Life Skills is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Fairfield Elementary School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Fairfield Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
2024-25 enrollment was 381, a 5% gain from 363 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel SD 52
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Prairie Mountain SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- Shasta Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Malabon Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Eugene
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
Other Fairfield Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Fairfield Elementary. Fairfield Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 11.
- FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMASSAPEQUA, NY · 513 students
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolPickerington, OH · 502 students
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 481 students
- Fairfield ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 478 students
- Fairfield ElementaryWinnsboro, SC · 418 students
Nearby schools
- LESD Life Skills0.3 mi · 170
- Malabon Elementary School0.8 mi · 322
- Cascade Middle School1.0 mi · 375
- Willamette High School1.1 mi · 1,455
- Kelly Middle School1.2 mi · 407
- Howard Elementary School1.2 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Elementary SchoolHow large is Fairfield Elementary School?
Fairfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fairfield Elementary School serve?
Fairfield Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Fairfield Elementary School.
How diverse is Fairfield Elementary School?
Fairfield Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Fairfield Elementary School in?
Fairfield Elementary School is part of Bethel SD 52.
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