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Enrollment
500
High
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD ISD·NCES 481894001770
Fairfield High School
631 POST OAK RD, FAIRFIELD, TX 75840 · (903) 389-4177 · Freestone County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Texas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
205 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 135 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 125 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 119 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · 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 FAIRFIELD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 53.0% | 14.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 37.0% | 30.0% | 17.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 8.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 High School
Fairfield High School's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield High School this school | 500 | 41.0% | 56.7% |
| Teague High School TEAGUE | 371 | 45.3% | 67.0% |
| Sweeny High School SWEENY | 597 | 45.9% | 55.3% |
| Pineywoods Community Academy High School LUFKIN | 289 | 44.6% | 78.8% |
| Bellville High School BELLVILLE | 786 | 37.7% | 56.4% |
| Academy for Technology Engineering Math & Science ABILENE | 384 | 43.2% | 84.2% |
Matched among Texas 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 Fairfield High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #595 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #449 of 1,425 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #564 of 1,425 ▲ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #262 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #890 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #263 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #323 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #1,188 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #337 of 557 |
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
500
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 500 | 42.7 | 11.7:1 | 41% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 43.5 | 12.0:1 | 53% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 45.5 | 10.7:1 | 52% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 45 | 10.7:1 | 57% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 46.2 | 11.6:1 | 45% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 37% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 50 | 10.2:1 | 41% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 41 | 12.3:1 | 27% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (537 to 500); teachers down 8% (46.2 to 42.7).
About Fairfield High School
Fairfield High School is a small high school with an address in FAIRFIELD, Texas. A federal count lists 500 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
FAIRFIELD ISD is the local district for Fairfield High School. It runs 4 schools with 1,602 students.
At Fairfield High School, White students make up 54% of the student body. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. Freestone County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 42.7 full-time equivalents, or about 11.7 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.4 below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 41%. The average for public schools in Freestone County is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Fairfield High School is B-. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Fairfield High School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (56.7% versus 56.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
According to the American Community Survey, in Freestone County, the median household income is $59,960, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Fairfield High School is one of 13 public schools in the county.
Fairfield Junior High School is located about 0.2 miles from Fairfield High School. The five-mile area around Fairfield High School holds 3 other public schools. The school's 56.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Fairfield High School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Federal data show a 4% enrollment gain, from 483 in 2020-21 to 500 in 2024-25.
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Freestone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,049
Census ACS
Median income
$59,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FAIRFIELD ISD
- Fairfield Junior High SchoolMiddle · 406 students
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Fairfield Intermediate SchoolElementary · 348 students
Other schools in FAIRFIELD
- Fairfield Junior High SchoolMiddle · 406 students
- Fairfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Fairfield Intermediate SchoolElementary · 348 students
Other Fairfield High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Fairfield High. Fairfield High School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Fairfield High SchoolFairfield, OH · 2,255 students
- Fairfield HighFairfield, CA · 1,605 students
- Fairfield High SchoolFairfield, IA · 442 students
- Fairfield High SchoolFairfield, MT · 107 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield Junior High School0.2 mi · 406
- Fairfield Elementary School1.5 mi · 348
- Fairfield Intermediate School1.9 mi · 348
- Dew School8.4 mi · 171
- Teague Junior High School9.4 mi · 329
- Teague High School9.4 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairfield High School?
Fairfield High School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Fairfield High School serve?
Fairfield High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield High School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Fairfield High School.
How diverse is Fairfield High School?
Fairfield High School reports a student body of 54% White, 27% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Fairfield High School public or private?
Fairfield High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FAIRFIELD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.