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Betty Fairfax High School
8225 South 59th Ave
Laveen AZ, 85339, Maricopa County
Phone: 602-764-1500
Ranking: 
(174 out of 364, top 48%)*
(174 out of 364, top 48%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Phoenix Union High School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 80 | 62 | 22 | |||
| Total Students: | 1,494 | 998 | 478 | |||
| Grade 9: | 523 | 35.0% | 511 | 51.2% | 478 | 100.0% |
| Grade 10: | 513 | 34.3% | 487 | 48.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Grade 11: | 455 | 30.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Grade 12: | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 783 | 52.4% | 533 | 53.4% | 224 | 46.9% |
| Female: | 703 | 47.1% | 457 | 45.8% | 250 | 52.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 103 | 6.9% | 75 | 7.5% | 39 | 8.2% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 65 | 4.4% | 42 | 4.2% | 22 | 4.6% |
| Hispanic: | 765 | 51.2% | 526 | 52.7% | 270 | 56.5% |
| Black | 397 | 26.6% | 245 | 24.5% | 105 | 22.0% |
| White: | 164 | 11.0% | 110 | 11.0% | 42 | 8.8% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 810 | 54.2% | 465 | 46.6% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 152 | 10.2% | 104 | 10.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.68 | 16.10 | 21.70 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| AIMS | ||||||
| 2009 | Math | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 698 | 690 | 707 |
| 2010 | Math | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 490 | 486 | 499 |
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 487 | 486.32 | 501.09 |
| 2009 | Reading | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 693 | 685 | 707 |
| 2010 | Reading | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 694 | 693 | 710 |
| 2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 696 | 690.2 | 711.72 |
| 2009 | Science | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 464 | 460 | 476 |
| 2010 | Science | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 465 | 466 | 479 |
| 2011 | Science | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 471 | 465.91 | 485.06 |
| 2009 | Writing | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 692 | 679 | 696 |
| 2010 | Writing | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 688 | 685 | 702 |
| 2011 | Writing | 10th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 481 | 477.84 | 499.58 |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Betty Fairfax High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.