Fairfield Center School

Fairfield Center School, a mid-sized elementary campus in Fairfield, Vermont, overseen by Maple Run Unified Union School District #57, teaches 249 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Maple Run Unified Union School District #57 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,589 students. Fairfield Center School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fairfield Center School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fairfield Center School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Fairfield Center School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put the typical household earns roughly $81,313 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Fairfield Center School is one of 22 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 8,007 students).

Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Fairfield Center School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 250 (now 249). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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