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Fairfield Alternative School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
6405 Ave D
Fairfield, AL 35064
Phone
(205) 783-6847
District
FAIRFIELD CITY
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Fairfield Alternative School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
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36%
No Data
45%
No Data
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

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33
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) Unreported 0.6% 54.3%
Black Unreported 95.9% 32.9%
Hispanic Unreported 3.1% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander Unreported 0.0% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska Unreported 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 81.5% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 78.5% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 3.0% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,108 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,062.5 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.6% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.8% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.3% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,944 1,915,979
Single Parent Households With Children 18.3% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.6% 87.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.3% 26.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 2.9% 10.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.7% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 24.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.7% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.4% 15.4%
$15,000 or less 17.2% 12.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,854 $9,594,706 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $788 $1,291,532 6.8%
Staff $489 $801,471 4.2%
General Administration $491 $804,749 4.2%
School Administration $704 $1,153,856 6.1%
Operation $1,414 $2,317,546 12.2%
Transportation $301 $493,339 2.6%
Other $257 $421,223 2.2%
Total Support $4,444 $7,283,716 38.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,322 $2,166,758 11.4%
Total Expenditures $11,619 $19,043,541 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,852 $4,378,921,181 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $672 $503,210,801 5.9%
Staff $420 $314,426,678 3.7%
General Administration $255 $190,912,687 2.2%
School Administration $638 $477,048,287 5.6%
Operation $962 $719,909,289 8.5%
Transportation $492 $368,218,721 4.3%
Other $242 $181,267,301 2.1%
Total Support $3,682 $2,754,922,689 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,821 $1,362,666,859 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,355 $8,496,484,393 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%