Summary:
Fairborn City is home to a single middle school, Fairborn Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 926 students at a 14.5:1 student–teacher ratio — a large middle school by Ohio standards. Because Fairborn City has only this one middle-level school, parents should read its results as year-over-year trends and comparisons against district and state averages rather than comparisons among local schools. The school holds 2 stars and ranks in the 42nd percentile statewide (611th of 1,046), modestly above its district's 38th percentile standing.
Performance is genuinely uneven by grade and subject. Eighth grade is the bright spot: Science 8 (60.9%) and Math 8 (51.7%) both sit essentially at the state average, and the Algebra I End-of-Course exam reached 100% proficiency in both 2025–26 and 2024–25, far above district and state figures near 60% — though that accelerated course serves a select group rather than all 8th graders. The concern is the earlier pipeline: Math 7 (33.2%) and Math 6 (38.1%) trail the state by roughly 15 and 18 points, and ELA 7 (50.2%) fell 5.2 points in a year while the state held flat. On the positive side, six of eight assessments improved or held, with Math 7 (+9.8) and Math 8 (+7.1) posting the biggest gains, narrowing the school's overall gap to the state from 7.5 to about 7 points.
One cross-cutting risk stands out: chronic absenteeism is 30.5%, higher than the district's 26.6%, meaning nearly one in three students misses enough school to be flagged. For parents, the takeaway is that the school is trending in the right direction — its 8th-grade results and math improvements are real — but 6th- and 7th-grade math, 7th-grade ELA, and attendance are the areas to watch.
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