Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD AREA SD·NCES 420954006270
Fairfield Area Elementary School
4842 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield, PA 17320 · (717) 642-8228 · Adams County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
149 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 75%
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 | 71 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Fairfield Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -19.0pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 65.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Area Elementary School
Fairfield Area Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Area Elementary School this school | 346 | 43.1% | 63.3% |
| Moraine Elementary School Prospect | 349 | 43.3% | 68.8% |
| Wilmington Area Elementary School New Wilmington | 357 | 43.7% | 62.2% |
| Robison Elementary School Erie | 359 | 40.4% | 75.5% |
| Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School Spring Mills | 348 | 45.4% | 64.0% |
| Ringgold Elementary School North Finleyville | 344 | 43.0% | 62.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #483 of 1,396 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #571 of 1,511 ▼ 214 | #4 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #859 of 1,511 ▼ 383 | #8 of 11 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #1,079 of 1,638 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #132 of 1,528 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #1,425 of 1,531 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.1% | #1,107 of 1,600 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #298 of 450 | N/A |
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
346
+39 (+13%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 346 | 33.2 | 10.4:1 | 43% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 32.9 | 11.1:1 | 41% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 32.1 | 11.3:1 | 37% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 21% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 23.9 | 13.7:1 | 22% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 26% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 13% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (329 to 346); teachers up 39% (23.9 to 33.2).
About Fairfield Area Elementary School
In Fairfield, Pennsylvania, part of Adams County, Fairfield Area Elementary School is an elementary school. In all, 346 students attend the school in kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 22% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Fairfield Area SD enrolls 882 students in 3 schools, including Fairfield Area Elementary School.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at Fairfield Area Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fairfield Area Elementary School, giving a ratio of 10.4:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. By family income, 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Fairfield Area Elementary School outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Fairfield Area Elementary School is 4.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 63.3%. Predicted: 59.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Adams County show that the median household earns about $84,092 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Adams County, 26 public schools serve about 12,831 students.
Fairfield Area Elementary School's nearest public school is Fairfield Area High School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Fairfield Area Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Fairfield Area Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 307 to 346. Students per teacher dropped from 13.3 in 2020-21 to 10.4 in 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield Area SD
- Fairfield Area High SchoolHigh · 277 students
- Fairfield Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 259 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield Area High SchoolHigh · 277 students
- Fairfield Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield Area High School0.3 mi · 277
- Fairfield Area Middle School0.3 mi · 259
- Emmitsburg Elementary5.7 mi · 211
- Franklin Twp Elementary School7.1 mi · 340
- Cascade Elementary7.6 mi · 137
- South Mountain Secure Trmnt Un7.8 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Area Elementary SchoolHow large is Fairfield Area Elementary School?
Fairfield Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Fairfield Area Elementary School serve?
Fairfield Area Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield Area Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Fairfield Area Elementary School.
How diverse is Fairfield Area Elementary School?
Fairfield Area Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Fairfield Area Elementary School in?
Fairfield Area Elementary School is part of Fairfield Area SD.
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