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Fairfield JH

Freestone County · Region 12: Waco · 373 students

Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
+4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−2.3 ptsvs 82.3 average · 1,627 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
994 of 1,627tied with 66 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 74 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 82.3 average for 1,627 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

81 +5 pts vs 76

  • 81 is 5 points above the 76 average among 1,543 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

Fairfield JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.3 average for 1,627 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 994th of 1,627 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: White, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
17.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageFairfield JH 7677767280 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 74 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8082.3 1,627 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7282.7 1,599 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7680.6 1,573 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7781.2 1,555 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7683.7 1,535 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement75 C−7.3 vs similar economic context · 1,576 reporting
  • School Progress81 B−0.7 vs similar economic context · 1,570 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C−3.6 vs similar economic context · 1,560 reporting
  • Academic Growth81 B+5.0 vs similar economic context · 1,543 reporting
  • Relative Performance69 D−10.2 vs similar economic context · 1,570 reporting
  • Fairfield JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,627 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth81B9
Relative Performance69D1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (81), so Student Achievement (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 81.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level71%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,576 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,576 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,576 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,457 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,457 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,457 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 819 reporting
  • Meets grade level26%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 819 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 819 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,627 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
373
Economically disadvantaged
48.0%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.5%−5.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.3%−3.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.2%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.1%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Fairfield JH

African American: 12.9%Hispanic: 27.6%White: 52%Asian: 0.8%Two or More Races: 6.7%
  • African American 12.9%
  • Hispanic 27.6%
  • White 52%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Two or More Races 6.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 reporting for every category shown · 1,627 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 39.7%White: 43%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 39.7%
  • White 43%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
373
Economically disadvantaged students
179
Emergent bilingual students
28
Special education students
57

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
51
Students in TEA mobility denominator
433
TEA-published mobility rate
11.8%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 373 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 33 (8.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
373

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−33

Decrease · −8.1%

Change since 2021–22
−40

Decrease · −9.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
373
Selected comparison
659.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,590 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Fairfield JH
School yearStudents enrolledFairfield JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 413 First available year 657.8
2022–23 409 Decrease of 4 (1.0%) 663.6
2023–24 398 Decrease of 11 (2.7%) 662.7
2024–25 406 Increase of 8 (2.0%) 659.6
2025–26 373 Decrease of 33 (8.1%) 659.1

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
46

10.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
77

17.78 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
433

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
10.6%
Selected comparison
11.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,267 rated schools reporting

−1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
17.78
Selected comparison
26.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,361 rated schools reporting

−8.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Fairfield JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 473 70 14.8% 110 23.26 9.5% 18
2021–22 450 56 12.4% 109 24.22 11.8% 25.8
2022–23 442 81 18.3% 187 42.31 12.2% 27.4
2023–24 435 78 17.9% 162 37.24 12.2% 27.8
2024–25 433 46 10.6% 77 17.78 11.8% 26.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Fairfield JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 46 10.6% 77 17.78 11.8% 26.2
In-school suspensions 44 10.2% 65 15.01 10.7% 20.2
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Fairfield JH
  • Parent district: Fairfield ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,041
Selected comparison
$12,056

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,597 rated schools reporting

−$4,015 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,041 per student for this campus, $18,252 per student for its parent district, Fairfield ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearFairfield JHParent district: Fairfield ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,343$13,064$13,054$7,819 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,476 rated schools reporting
2019$6,949$12,563$13,108$8,012 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,495 rated schools reporting
2020$7,248$12,793$14,058$8,502 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 rated schools reporting
2021$6,658$13,803$14,797$8,911 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,527 rated schools reporting
2022$7,059$15,464$15,708$10,212 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,537 rated schools reporting
2023$7,254$16,439$16,792$10,641 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,554 rated schools reporting
2024$8,197$17,612$18,125$11,609 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,571 rated schools reporting
2025$8,041$18,252$18,972$12,056 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,597 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$63,835−$3,171 vs similar economic context
Teachers
27−16.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.8−6.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Fairfield JH

Beginning: 3.7%1 to 5 years: 18.5%6 to 10 years: 11.1%11 to 20 years: 31.5%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 18.5%
  • Beginning 3.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 11.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 18.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 reporting for every category shown · 1,627 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 24.1%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.7%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Fairfield JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classFairfield JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 617.617.6
Secondary English20.315.2
Secondary math19.916.2
Secondary science22.317.6
Secondary social studies24.117.6

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 114 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 2of 11

    Reading — Masters

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

17 measures

  • 4of 11

    All Subjects — Masters

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 4of 10

    Closing the Gaps

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 12

    Overall score

    Freestone County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 12

    Attendance

    Freestone County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 11

    Reading — Approaches

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 5of 10

    School Progress

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 10

    Academic Growth

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 5of 10

    Math — Meets

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 6of 12

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Freestone County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 6of 11

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 10

    Relative Performance

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 6of 10

    Math — Masters

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 11

    All Subjects — Meets

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 7of 11

    Reading — Meets

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 7of 10

    Math — Approaches

    Freestone County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 8of 11

    Student Achievement

    Freestone County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 10of 12

    Per-student spending

    Freestone County · of the 12 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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