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Fairfield Area School District

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Fairfield Area School District is located in south Pennsylvania. Fairfield Area School District has 61.46 square miles of land area and 0.19 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Fairfield Area School District population is 8,045. Fairfield Area School District median household income is $68,611 in 2010-2014. Fairfield Area School District median house value is $208,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Fairfield Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (359 out of 496, bottom 28%) Elementary/Middle School: (382 out of 498, bottom 23%)* Rank: #383
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	8,045 (2010-2014), rank #403
Population Growth	0.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	130.48/sq mi, rank #348
Median Household Income:	$68,611 at 2010-2014—8.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #77
Median House Price:	$208,100 at 2010-2014—-7.55% increase since 2005-2009, rank #86
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	61.46 sq mi, rank #249
Water Area:	0.19 sq mi (0.31%), rank #351
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Adams County
City:	Fairfield, Fayetteville, Gettysburg, Orrtanna, Carroll Valley
Zip:	17320, 17222, 17325, 17353
Area:	Gettysburg, PA

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Fairfield Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

4840 Fairfield Rd

Fairfield PA, 17320, Adams County

Phone: 717-642-8228

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,105	1,117	1,165	1,208	1,216	1,264	1,280
English Language Learner Students:	5	2	2	2	2	2	4
Total Teachers:	76.49	75.50	79.77	84.50	84.70	83.00	89.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	26.70	26.10	30.00	32.00	35.50	34.60	35.40
Secondary:	41.79	38.60	38.77	40.50	40.70	40.20	45.60
Ungraded:	5.00	7.80	8.00	8.00	4.50	4.20	4.00
Total Other Staff:	64.50	79.00	80.00	79.00	71.00	68.90	70.00
Instructional Aides:	7.00	10.00	10.00	8.00	6.50	8.00	7.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.75	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	3.90	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.00	1.70	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.00	2.20	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.25	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	NA
Other Support Services:	34.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	38.00	37.00	37.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.45	14.79	14.60	14.30	14.36	15.23	14.38

Schools

Fairfield Area Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	4842 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield PA 17320
Fairfield Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4840 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield PA 17320
Fairfield Area Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	4840 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield PA 17320

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.8%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$16,220,000	$13,923		$16,084,000	$13,315		$16,518,000	$13,584
Federal:	$263,000	$226	1.6%	$977,000	$809	6.1%	$940,000	$773	5.7%
State:	$5,572,000	$4,783	34.4%	$5,307,000	$4,393	33.0%	$5,425,000	$4,461	32.8%
Local:	$10,385,000	$8,914	64.0%	$9,800,000	$8,113	60.9%	$10,153,000	$8,350	61.5%
Total Expenditures:	$15,688,000	$13,466		$15,654,000	$12,959		$14,864,000	$12,224
Total Current Expenditures:	$12,952,000	$11,118		$12,948,000	$10,719		$12,521,000	$10,297
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,728,000	$6,633	59.7%	$7,887,000	$6,529	60.9%	$7,609,000	$6,257	60.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$814,000	$699	6.3%	$684,000	$566	5.3%	$698,000	$574	5.6%
Administration:	$2,035,000	$1,747	15.7%	$1,840,000	$1,523	14.2%	$1,825,000	$1,501	14.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,375,000	$2,039	18.3%	$2,537,000	$2,100	19.6%	$2,389,000	$1,965	19.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$872,000	$748		$897,000	$743		$141,000	$116
Construction:	$575,000	$494		$507,000	$420		$0	$0
Total Other:	$2,000	$2		$47,000	$39		$197,000	$162
Interest on Debt:	$644,000	$553		$645,000	$534		$741,000	$609

Total Salary:	$6,799,000	$5,836		$7,102,000	$5,879		$7,015,000	$5,769
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,890,000	$4,197	71.9%	$5,071,000	$4,198	71.4%	$5,059,000	$4,160	72.1%
Other Salary:	$1,909,000	$1,639	28.1%	$2,031,000	$1,681	28.6%	$1,956,000	$1,609	27.9%
Total Benefit:	$3,328,000	$2,857		$2,940,000	$2,434		$2,805,000	$2,307
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,216,000	$1,902	66.6%	$2,054,000	$1,700	69.9%	$1,927,000	$1,585	68.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,112,000	$955	33.4%	$886,000	$733	30.1%	$878,000	$722	31.3%

* Fairfield Area School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.