Fairfield High Preparatory School

Summary:

Fairfield High Preparatory School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Fairfield, Alabama, with a student population of 510. The school is part of the Fairfield City School District, which is ranked 135 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairfield High Preparatory School stands out for its significantly higher percentage of African American students (95.88%) compared to the state average and nearby schools like Magic City Acceptance Academy, which has a more diverse student population. The school consistently ranks among the lowest-performing high schools in Alabama, with proficiency rates in mathematics, science, and English language arts all below 10%. Additionally, over 80% of the students at Fairfield High Preparatory School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When compared to nearby schools, Fairfield High Preparatory School is an outlier in terms of its academic performance, racial composition, and socioeconomic status of its student population. This highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to address the underlying issues and improve educational outcomes for the students. The persistent low performance and challenges faced by the school suggest that it is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its predominantly African American and economically disadvantaged student population.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 610 Valley Rd
       Fairfield, AL  35064


(205) 785-5176

District: Fairfield City

SchoolDigger Rank:
367th of 378 Alabama High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,804 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  19.3 Help
Number of students:  510

Racial breakdown:

African American:
95.9%
Hispanic:
3.1%
White:
0.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  81.8% Help


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Compare Details Fairfield High Preparatory School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.24. (See more...)
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Compare Details Fairfield High Preparatory School ranks worse than 97.1% of high schools in Alabama. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.79. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Fairfield High Preparatory School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (95.9%), Hispanic (3.1%), two or more races (0.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 81.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fairfield High Preparatory School is 19.3. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fairfield High Preparatory School is $10,804.
Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Fairfield High Preparatory School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairfield High Preparatory School 367th of 378 Alabama public high schools. (See Fairfield High Preparatory School in the ranking list.)

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Fairfield City:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairfield City 135th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fairfield High Preparatory School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 10.05 398th 430 7.4%
2016 9.93 392nd 432 9.3%
2017 8.21 402nd 432 6.9%
2018 5.20 418th 423 1.2%
2019 9.38 408th 437 6.6%
2021 10.02 427th 440 3.0%
2022 11.24 393rd 432 9.0%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 32.49 138th 195 29.2%
2018 17.17 214th 223 4.0%
2019 10.36 250th 254 1.6%
2021 27.74 221st 274 19.3%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.52 328th 349 6.0%
2018 6.84 386th 396 2.5%
2019 14.34 360th 396 9.1%
2021 12.68 402nd 415 3.1%
2022 15.81 381st 421 9.5%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.02 21st 25 16.0%
2021 23.14 11th 12 8.3%
2022 18.53 8th 9 11.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.04 355th 380 6.6%
2018 5.74 385th 392 1.8%
2019 10.62 364th 399 8.8%
2021 10.22 404th 415 2.7%
2022 9.81 405th 423 4.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 6.89 373rd 380 1.8%
2018 5.04 394th 397 0.8%
2019 8.83 379th 399 5.0%
2021 11.15 402nd 418 3.8%
2022 14.40 378th 427 11.5%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.34 238th 247 3.6%
2019 24.73 218th 252 13.5%
2021 18.92 249th 266 6.4%
2022 24.07 226th 271 16.6%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Fairfield High Preparatory School

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Rank History for all high school students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 44.55 231st 357 35.3%
2005 31.60 298th 359 17.0%
2006 15.00 339th 357 5.0%
2007 5.43 354th 358 1.1%
2008 22.31 329th 359 8.4%
2009 25.36 310th 357 13.2%
2010 19.49 330th 358 7.8%
2011 11.09 345th 360 4.2%
2012 13.03 340th 358 5.0%
2013 22.12 338th 358 5.6%
2014 7.38 353rd 358 1.4%
2015 3.74 352nd 353 0.3%
2016 7.52 338th 351 3.7%
2017 9.62 336th 353 4.8%
2018 4.65 345th 356 3.1%
2019 5.71 353rd 366 3.6%
2021 9.94 350th 371 5.7%
2022 9.30 352nd 367 4.1%
2023 10.84 349th 371 5.9%
2024 9.79 367th 378 2.9%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.96 130th 160 18.8%
2019 57.49 55th 171 67.8%
2021 13.82 173rd 196 11.7%
2022 15.22 148th 169 12.4%
2024 58.81 56th 198 71.7%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 14.29 301st 315 4.4%
2018 8.69 333rd 349 4.6%
2019 7.19 343rd 358 4.2%
2021 12.79 338th 361 6.4%
2022 11.88 341st 361 5.5%
2023 12.06 331st 349 5.2%
2024 13.18 359th 375 4.3%
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Rank History for high school Homeless students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.19 14th 16 12.5%
2019 19.29 14th 17 17.6%
2021 19.06 5th 5 0.0%
2022 23.71 3rd 3 0.0%
2024 19.37 9th 10 10.0%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 10.45 320th 343 6.7%
2018 5.08 335th 347 3.5%
2019 5.62 337th 354 4.8%
2021 11.12 331st 359 7.8%
2022 10.56 342nd 367 6.8%
2023 9.76 340th 358 5.0%
2024 9.44 353rd 366 3.6%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.38 323rd 339 4.7%
2018 5.20 336th 350 4.0%
2019 5.88 348th 357 2.5%
2021 9.48 354th 366 3.3%
2022 9.78 356th 366 2.7%
2023 12.58 336th 358 6.1%
2024 11.40 350th 368 4.9%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Fairfield High Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.17 205th 223 8.1%
2019 17.25 206th 224 8.0%
2021 28.19 180th 228 21.1%
2022 24.54 189th 222 14.9%
2023 20.52 203rd 224 9.4%
2024 20.93 212th 231 8.2%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fairfield High Preparatory School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 578 578
1989 16 593 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 609
1990 10 635 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 645
1991 6 664 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 670
1992 9 648 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 657
1993 5 610 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 615
1994 3 636 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 639
1995 1 739 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 740
1996 1 739 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 740
1997 2 658 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 660
1998 1 741 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 743
1999 1 654 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 657
2000 1 672 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 674
2001 0 693 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 697
2002 0 669 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 672
2003 0 669 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 672
2004 0 715 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 717
2005 0 784 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 788
2006 1 815 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 821
2007 0 788 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 791
2008 4 833 2 7 0 n/a n/a 0 846
2009 1 762 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 771
2010 1 714 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 722
2011 1 697 0 5 0 0 0 0 703
2012 2 622 0 2 0 0 0 0 626
2013 2 583 0 3 0 0 0 0 588
2014 4 569 0 3 0 0 0 0 576
2015 4 840 0 11 0 0 0 0 855
2016 2 795 0 12 0 0 0 0 809
2017 4 792 0 13 0 0 1 0 810
2018 3 750 0 15 0 0 1 0 769
2019 4 707 0 10 1 0 0 0 722
2020 7 738 1 14 2 0 0 0 762
2021 5 754 0 18 4 0 0 0 781
2022 5 746 0 18 2 1 2 8 782
2023 2 489 0 16 1 0 2 0 510

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fairfield High Preparatory School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 578 29.0 19.9 0
1989 609 32.0 19.0 n/a
1990 645 35.0 18.4 0
1991 670 39.0 17.1 n/a
1992 657 37.0 17.7 n/a
1993 615 35.6 17.3 n/a
1994 639 38.0 16.8 n/a
1995 740 41.7 17.7 n/a
1996 740 41.7 17.7 n/a
1997 660 42.1 15.7 40.6
1998 743 41.3 18.0 39.2
1999 657 38.6 17.0 44.3
2000 674 41.6 16.2 55.5
2001 697 48.0 14.5 35.2
2002 672 47.5 14.1 51.5
2003 672 47.5 14.1 51.5
2004 717 48.5 14.8 56.6
2005 788 39.0 20.2 72
2006 821 47.0 17.5 62.9
2007 791 42.5 18.6 70.7
2008 846 50.0 16.9 76.5
2009 771 43.6 17.5 78.5
2010 722 36.0 20.0 77.3
2011 703 37.0 19.0 86.1
2012 626 31.2 20.0 77
2013 588 26.7 21.9 88.9
2014 576 28.0 20.5 81.9
2015 855 37.0 23.1 56.7
2016 809 37.0 21.8 59.5
2017 810 33.3 24.3 59.3
2018 769 35.3 21.7 81.8
2019 722 31.3 23.0 81.9
2020 762 27.3 27.9 81.9
2021 781 36.3 21.5 81.7
2022 782 23.3 33.5 81.8
2023 510 26.3 19.3 81.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fairfield High Preparatory School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 578 29.0 19.9 0
1989 609 32.0 19.0 n/a
1990 645 35.0 18.4 0
1991 670 39.0 17.1 n/a
1992 657 37.0 17.7 n/a
1993 615 35.6 17.3 n/a
1994 639 38.0 16.8 n/a
1995 740 41.7 17.7 n/a
1996 740 41.7 17.7 n/a
1997 660 42.1 15.7 40.6
1998 743 41.3 18.0 39.2
1999 657 38.6 17.0 44.3
2000 674 41.6 16.2 55.5
2001 697 48.0 14.5 35.2
2002 672 47.5 14.1 51.5
2003 672 47.5 14.1 51.5
2004 717 48.5 14.8 56.6
2005 788 39.0 20.2 72
2006 821 47.0 17.5 62.9
2007 791 42.5 18.6 70.7
2008 846 50.0 16.9 76.5
2009 771 43.6 17.5 78.5
2010 722 36.0 20.0 77.3
2011 703 37.0 19.0 86.1
2012 626 31.2 20.0 77
2013 588 26.7 21.9 88.9
2014 576 28.0 20.5 81.9
2015 855 37.0 23.1 56.7
2016 809 37.0 21.8 59.5
2017 810 33.3 24.3 59.3
2018 769 35.3 21.7 81.8
2019 722 31.3 23.0 81.9
2020 762 27.3 27.9 81.9
2021 781 36.3 21.5 81.7
2022 782 23.3 33.5 81.8
2023 510 26.3 19.3 81.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Fairfield High Preparatory School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,870 (17.3%) $8,815 (81.6%) $10,804

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fairfield High Preparatory School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 408th of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 393rd of 432 Middle schools
 2.4%
Ranks 353rd of 366 High schoolsRanks 349th of 371 High schools
 2.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield High Preparatory School)18.91.9
 17.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield City)18.91.9
 17.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.118.4
 24.7%
8th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield High Preparatory School)10.50.8
 9.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield City)10.50.8
 9.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.718.2
 26.5%
End of Course Mathematics (Fairfield High Preparatory School)8.50.9
 7.6%
   End of Course Mathematics (Fairfield City)8.50.9
 7.6%
   End of Course Mathematics (Alabama)42.523.6
 19%
End of Course Science (Fairfield High Preparatory School)9.36.3
 3.1%
   End of Course Science (Fairfield City)9.36.3
 3.1%
   End of Course Science (Alabama)42.631.7
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students722510
 29.4%
African American707489
 30.8%
American Indian11
Asian00
Hispanic1016
 60%
Pacific Islander00
White42
 50%
Two or More Races02
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients81.9%81.8%
 0.1%


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Fairfield High Preparatory School ranks in the bottom 2.9% of Alabama high schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 510 students attended Fairfield High Preparatory School.

Students at Fairfield High Preparatory School are 96% African American, 3% Hispanic.


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