The city of Fairdale, Kentucky is home to 4 schools, including 2 elementary schools and 2 high schools, but no middle schools or alternative schools. The data reveals that the schools in Fairdale face significant academic challenges, with most underperforming compared to Jefferson County and Kentucky state averages.
Fairdale High School stands out as the largest school in the data set with 1,386 students, but it has the lowest performance among the high schools, ranking in the bottom 20% of Kentucky high schools for the past 3 years and receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, the Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program, a small high school with only 78 students, also ranks in the bottom 15% of Kentucky high schools, with a lower 4-year graduation rate of 70.8%.
The elementary schools, Fairdale Elementary and Coral Ridge Elementary, also have proficiency rates that are generally below the Jefferson County and Kentucky averages across various subjects and grade levels. Additionally, all the schools in the data set have high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 60.26% to 67.82%, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges faced by the student population.