High · Minnesota

Fairmont Jr./Sr. High School

Fairmont Jr./Sr. High School, a public high school in Fairmont, Minnesota: grades 7–12, 839 students, 19.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fairmont Area School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
839
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
19.5
Grades
7–12
High

More students per teacher than 81% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared

More students per teacher than 80% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 87% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 140 · 824 schools compared

Larger than 70% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Minnesota: 49%

37%proficient

+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 57% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 40% · 230 high schools compared

251 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

31%proficient

−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 52% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 32% · 229 high schools compared

252 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fairmont Area School District.

Location

Address
900 Johnson St, Fairmont, MN 56031
Phone
(507)238-4411
City or town
Fairmont

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Southern Plains Area Learning Cntr.AlternativeFree meals for all
8–124710.3
9–129811.3
7–129310.0
9–1218712.1
9–1217010.6
8–1237817.5

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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