Fairhope East Elementary

Fairhope East Elementary operates as a sprawling elementary school in Fairhope, Alabama, part of Baldwin County. Current enrollment sits at 913 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 90% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Baldwin County comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 31,965 students; Fairhope East Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fairhope East Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Baldwin County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Fairhope East Elementary reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Baldwin County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fairhope East Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.9%; this one delivers 74.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Baldwin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,775 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Baldwin County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), of which Fairhope East Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fairhope West Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Fairhope East Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairhope East Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 851 students in 2018 compared to 913 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 10% to 3% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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