Enrollment
259
Middle
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD AREA SD·NCES 420954009987
Fairfield Area Middle School
4840 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield, PA 17320 · (717) 642-8228 · Adams County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
86 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 63 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 23% |
Student demographics
12%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
Fairfield Area Middle School→Fairfield Area High School
Feeds from
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
46.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.6% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 31.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Middle School
Fairfield Area Middle School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Area Middle School this school | 259 | 33.2% | 42.4% |
| Berlin Brothersvalley Middle School Berlin | 231 | 37.2% | 48.2% |
| Palisades Middle School Kintnersville | 308 | 31.5% | 50.0% |
| Beaver Area Middle School Beaver | 291 | 27.8% | 62.2% |
| Millersburg Area Middle School Millersburg | 211 | 28.9% | 46.0% |
| Oley Valley Middle School Oley | 325 | 32.3% | 52.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #318 of 479 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #240 of 513 ▲ 80 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #323 of 513 ▲ 41 | #7 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #457 of 522 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #139 of 486 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #453 of 486 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #388 of 510 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #104 of 332 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
259
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 259 | 21.8 | 11.9:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 22.5 | 12.6:1 | 30% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 22.8 | 13.0:1 | 26% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 24% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 20.9 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 27% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 22% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (304 to 259); teachers up 4% (20.9 to 21.8).
About Fairfield Area Middle School
Fairfield Area Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 259 students. That compares with an average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Fairfield Area SD operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 882 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Fairfield Area Middle School is White, at 94%. The school is also 2% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fairfield Area Middle School scores 12%.
Classroom staffing at Fairfield Area Middle School totals 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Federal data show 33% of students (86) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 47%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Fairfield Area Middle School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
In Pennsylvania, Fairfield Area Middle School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.4% compared with a predicted 63.4%.
In the surrounding county, Adams County, median household income comes to about $84,092, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 26 public schools and about 12,831 students.
Fairfield Area High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Fairfield Area Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 49.8% proficiency; Fairfield Area Middle School posts 42.4%.
Under the NCES locale system, Fairfield Area Middle School is Rural: Distant.
From 268 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 259 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Fairfield Area Middle School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Fairfield Area High SchoolHigh · 277 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Fairfield Area High SchoolHigh · 277 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield Area High School0.0 mi · 277
- Fairfield Area Elementary School0.3 mi · 346
- Emmitsburg Elementary6.0 mi · 211
- Franklin Twp Elementary School6.9 mi · 340
- South Mountain Secure Trmnt Un7.7 mi · 24
- Cascade Elementary7.7 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Area Middle SchoolHow large is Fairfield Area Middle School?
Fairfield Area Middle School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Fairfield Area Middle School serve?
Fairfield Area Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairfield Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairfield Area Middle School is approximately 11.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairfield Area Middle School?
At Fairfield Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Fairfield Area Middle School public or private?
Fairfield Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfield Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.