Fairfield Middle

Fairfield Middle is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Richmond, Virginia, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools, teacheing 936 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Within Henrico County Public Schools, which oversees 69 schools and 51,044 students, Fairfield Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairfield Middle reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Henrico County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Fairfield Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Henrico County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fairfield Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.3%; this one comes in at 44.0%, -19.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Henrico County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Fairfield Middle is one.

Jacob L. Adams Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fairfield Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

Fairfield Middle operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Fairfield Middle's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,060 (now 936). Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.