Fairfield Area School District

Summary:

The Fairfield Area School District in Pennsylvania operates three schools: Fairfield Area Elementary School, Fairfield Area High School, and Fairfield Area Middle School. The data reveals a mixed performance across the district, with the elementary school standing out as the highest-performing and the middle school facing more significant academic challenges.

Fairfield Area Elementary School consistently achieves high PSSA Math and ELA test scores, often exceeding district and state averages. The school also boasts strong 4th-grade PSSA Science scores, with 93.3% proficiency in 2023-2024, well above the district and state. Additionally, the elementary school has a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 40.93% compared to the other schools in the district.

In contrast, Fairfield Area Middle School struggles with PSSA Math performance, with proficiency rates below 40% in most grade levels. Meanwhile, Fairfield Area High School maintains a solid 87.9% four-year graduation rate and a low dropout rate of 1.4% in 2023-2024, but its Keystone exam results are mixed, with lower proficiency rates in Algebra I and Biology compared to Literature.

District Detail

4840 Fairfield Rd
Fairfield, PA 17320-9200

(717) 642-8228

SchoolDigger Rank:
353^rd of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 882

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (2025)	PSSA Math (2025)							PSSA English Language Arts (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fairfield Area High School	Public	9-12	4840 Fairfield Rd	Fairfield	17320	Adams County	Fairfield Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 642-8228	277	26	10.8	24.9%	257 (92.8%)	4 (1.4%)	10 (3.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	36.4	473^rd of 681 public high schools	30.5%		45.5	425^th of 686 public high schools	38.0%	48	32.8	39.7	53.7															$23,736	$275	$23,461
Fairfield Area Elementary School	Public	K-4	4842 Fairfield Rd	Fairfield	17320	Adams County	Fairfield Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 642-8228	346	33	10.4	43.1%	328 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.2%)	54.4	756^th of 1511 public elementary schools	50.0%		74.6	404^th of 1526 public elementary schools	73.5%	352				61.3	55.0					58.4	42.6	49.2					45.6	$16,670	$1,244	$15,427
Fairfield Area Middle School	Public	5-8	4840 Fairfield Rd	Fairfield	17320	Adams County	Fairfield Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 642-8228	259	22	11.9	33.2%	243 (93.8%)	5 (1.9%)	6 (2.3%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	54.7	387^th of 873 public middle schools	55.7%		45.3	510^th of 891 public middle schools	42.8%	123						60.0	33.9	33.3	25.9	38.2			42.6	48.2	48.6	46.5	46.6	$15,341	$450	$14,891

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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