Fairfield Elementary School District
Serves Fairfield.
What stands out about Fairfield Elementary School District
- Its letter, A: results better than 92% of Montana districts
- Math proficiency 17 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 16 pts above the state
- Spends 14% less per student than the MT average
- 13 students per teacher
- Enrollment up 13.4% since 2020–21
- Debt of $0.1M, about $286 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
A: better than 92% of the 241 Montana school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Fairfield. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. MT
2021–2298% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Graduation rate 95% at Fairfield High School District, which runs the high school (state 85.5%) · class of 2023.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Up 13.4% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Montana’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Montana.