Schools · Fairfield

Fairfield, MO schools

Fairfield’s public schools score well above Missouri’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Braymer Elem. or Norborne Elem. through grade 6, then Braymer High or Norborne High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Fairfield’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Fairfield’s kids attend outperform 69% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scores
Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 69%
Lower resultsHigher results
Missouri towns with similar household incomes (528)Better than 68%
Towns in Carroll County (17)Better than 76%
Good confidence. Built on 226 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Missouri’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Missouri only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Missouri with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Fairfield kids go to school

Grades PK–6
BBraymer Elem. or C-Norborne Elem. Depends on your address Braymer C-4 School District
Grades 7–12
B+Braymer High or CNorborne High Depends on your address Braymer C-4 School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (Norborne R-VIII)47%
State average 45.3%
Reading (grades PK–12, Braymer C-4)52%
State average 45.3%
Math (Norborne R-VIII)27%
State average 35.3%
Math (grades PK–12, Braymer C-4)42%
State average 35.3%
Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate
90%
MO: 90.6%
Graduating class
20
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Fairfield

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Fairfield

There’s no college within 30 miles of Fairfield. The closest is Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO, 37.8 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Fairfield. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Fairfield yet.

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