Summary:
ZIP code 45014 contains seven schools — four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school — serving roughly 7,526 students, all within the Fairfield City district, which sits mid-pack among Ohio districts at 387 of 773 (3 stars). Elementary schools enroll about 40% of the ZIP's students, and the middle and high schools about 30% each.
Fairfield South Elementary School is the clear standout: the only 4-star school here, ranked 464 of 1,560 elementaries (70th percentile), with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP (10.4% versus a 19.3% district rate) and the strongest elementary test results. Fairfield West Elementary School (60th percentile) and Fairfield Central Elementary School (53rd) follow, with Fairfield Compass Elementary at the 49th. The two middle schools are heading in opposite directions: Crossroads Middle School climbed from the 53rd to the 61st percentile, while Creekside Middle School slipped from 3 stars to 2 and fell to the 48th. Fairfield High School is the most improved school in the data — Algebra I proficiency rose 27.4 points — but it remains 2 stars.
The defining pattern is a steady decline with grade level: absenteeism climbs from 10.4% at South to about 18% at the middle schools to 28.9% at the high school, nearly 1.5 times the district rate. Seventh-grade math is below the state average at both middle schools (41.1% at Crossroads, 38.4% at Creekside, versus 48.6% statewide), even as both post very high Algebra I proficiency — a figure reflecting an accelerated, self-selected group of students. Class size does not explain results: West has the largest elementary classes (23:1) yet the second-best rank, while Compass has the smallest (19.2:1) and the lowest. The high school graduates 94.2% of its students, in line with the district, and beats the state in five of six tested subjects.
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