NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Fairborn, OH

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Fairborn from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,518

Students

36.8/100

Avg Resource Index

18.4:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fairborn has more public-school enrollment than 50% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fairborn sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Fairborn schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Economic-need coverage is incomplete

Free-lunch eligibility is reported for schools covering 22.7% of Fairborn's listed enrollment. Because the remaining enrollment is outside that calculation, the measured percentage should not be generalized to every local student. The Resource Investment Index uses other reported federal fields and has its own coverage limits. Treat the city figures as a map of available records: inspect a campus's source fields before using economic need or resource position in a comparison.

City enrollment: Top 50%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 32nd percentile
Teacher staffing: 23rd percentile

Fairborn Primary School accounts for 27.9% of all Fairborn public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Fairborn-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Fairborn school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities

Fairborn school enrollment ranges from 257 students (lowest) to 1,261 students (highest), a spread of 1,004 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Fairborn student-teacher ratio is 18.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Fairborn's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Fairborn Digital Academy	63	257	high	Fairborn Digital Academy
2.	Baker Middle School	37	926	elementary	Fairborn City
3.	Fairborn High School	35	1,027	high	Fairborn City
4.	Fairborn Primary School	30	1,261	Combined	Fairborn City
5.	Fairborn Intermediate School	19	1,047	elementary	Fairborn City

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fairborn

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Fairborn school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fairborn Digital Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fairborn schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fairborn, OH? ▼

Fairborn has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,518 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.