Public schools in Fairfield, CA

Fairfield has 33 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 9 high, 3 middle, 18 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 21,427 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Fairfield-Suisun Unified runs 25 of them.

The 3 districts and agencies that run Fairfield's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in FairfieldDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Fairfield-Suisun Unified2520,559$14,652
Travis Unified55,340$14,183
Solano County Office of Education3353not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

9 high schools in Fairfield, 8,409 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Fairfield, 2,593 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Grange Middle94422.673.3%Fairfield-Suisun Unified
Green Valley Middle90323.122.8%Fairfield-Suisun Unified
Golden West Middle74623.126.3%Travis Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

18 elementary schools in Fairfield, 10,012 students

The other 8 elementary schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 other schools in Fairfield, 413 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Solano County Special Education3688.932.1%Solano County Office of Education
H. Glenn Richardson2512.568.0%Fairfield-Suisun Unified
Travis Independent Study20not reported45.0%Travis Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Fairfield's public schools compare with California's

The median Fairfield school has 24.1 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 591 students (state 471).

Fairfield against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FairfieldCalifornia
Median students per teacher24.121.6
Median school size (students)591471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)85%74%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 33 Fairfield schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Fairfield

  1. Fairfield-Suisun UnifiedRuns 25 of Fairfield's 33 public schools and spent $14,652 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,652
  2. Angelo Rodriguez High, the largest high school in Fairfield2,111 students in 2024-25, 25.2 per teacher.2,111
  3. Compare Fairfield-Suisun Unified with Travis UnifiedFairfield's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Fairfield addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Fairfield

  1. How many public schools are in Fairfield, CA?
    33 public schools with an address in Fairfield were open in 2024-25: 9 high, 3 middle, 18 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 21,427 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Fairfield?
    Angelo Rodriguez High, with 2,111 students in 2024-25 (Fairfield-Suisun Unified).
  3. Which districts run Fairfield's schools?
    Fairfield-Suisun Unified (25 schools), Travis Unified (5 schools), Solano County Office of Education (3 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25