📍 8225 S 59th Ave, Laveen, Maricopa County, 85339
Betty Fairfax High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Laveen, Maricopa County. The school has 1,973 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Phoenix Union High School District (4286) school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
Betty Fairfax High School enrolls 1,973 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 90 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 7.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,160 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 408 | 21% |
| White | 149 | 7.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 138 | 7% |
| Two or more races | 67 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 42 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,143 of the school's 1,973 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Betty Fairfax High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-30.
Betty Fairfax High School is one of 19 schools in Phoenix Union High School District (4286), based in PHOENIX, Arizona. The district serves 25,800 students district-wide and employs 1,448 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,973 students, Betty Fairfax High School is larger than the district average of about 1,358 students per school.
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