Summary:
ZIP code 90046 has one listed high school, Fairfax Senior High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,495 students. It is the only school in this list, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. The key concern alongside generally improving test results and strong graduation outcomes is attendance: in 2025–2026, 32% of Fairfax students were chronically absent, compared with 18% statewide and 23% in the district.
Compared with the state, Fairfax’s strongest 2025–2026 all-grades results were in English and science: 58% were proficient in English, 9 percentage points above the state’s 49%, and 40% in science, 4 points above the state’s 36%. Math was the exception: 35% were proficient, 3 points below the state’s 38%. In 11th grade, however, Fairfax was above the state in all three subjects, including math at 35% versus 32%. Graduation was 94%, compared with 88% statewide and 90% in the district; dropout was 4%, versus 8% statewide and 6% in the district.
Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: English rose 4 percentage points, math 12, and science 12. Fairfax moved closer to or ahead of the state in each subject—most notably, science went from 5 points below to 4 points above the state, while math’s deficit narrowed from 14 points to 3. SchoolDigger’s ranking dipped from 765th of 2,159 schools (65th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 967th (55th percentile) the next year, then recovered to 678th of 2,137 (68th percentile) in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio was 17.5 in 2024–2025, and the school reported 87% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context measures, not explanations for results.
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