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Enrollment
913
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027001710
Fairhope East Elementary
2 N Bishop Rd, Fairhope, AL 36532 · (251) 928-7841 · Baldwin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
189 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 160 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (126).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
62.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fairhope East Elementary
Fairhope East Elementary's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope East Elementary this school | 913 | 20.7% | 74.8% |
| Belforest Elementary School Daphne | 1,069 | 23.9% | 68.8% |
| Rockwell Elementary School Spanish Fort | 682 | 17.7% | 77.9% |
| Fairhope West Elementary Fairhope | 972 | 27.0% | 76.1% |
| Spanish Fort Elementary School Spanish Fort | 726 | 26.2% | 73.9% |
| Springville Elementary School Springville | 779 | 23.5% | 67.5% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fairhope East Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #53 of 626 | #4 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #93 of 626 | #6 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #51 of 626 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #29 of 709 | #10 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #234 of 655 | #19 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #471 of 658 | #21 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #670 of 696 | #24 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #158 of 262 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 913 | 56.1 | 16.3:1 | 21% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 50.2 | 16.9:1 | 34% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 48.6 | 15.2:1 | 29% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 39.3 | 21.6:1 | 30% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 33 | 25.4:1 | 27% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 35 | 21.6:1 | 27% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 24% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 32 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairhope East Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (851 to 913); teachers up 43% (39.3 to 56.1).
About Fairhope East Elementary
Fairhope East Elementary is a public elementary school in Fairhope, Alabama. The school has 913 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
Fairhope East Elementary is one of the 42 schools that make up Baldwin County (31,965 students in total).
Fairhope East Elementary is 81% White by enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Baldwin County, where about 82% of residents are White. The diversity index for Fairhope East Elementary is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 56.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.3:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 0.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Baldwin County is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Fairhope East Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Fairhope East Elementary would be expected to post about 68.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.8%.
The school's county is Baldwin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,775, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 51 public schools in the county, enrolling about 35,975, Fairhope East Elementary among them.
Fairhope West Elementary is about 1.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 6. On average proficiency, Fairhope East Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
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Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Fairhope
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Fairhope West ElementaryElementary · 972 students
- J Larry Newton SchoolElementary · 804 students
- Fairhope Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
Nearby schools
- Fairhope West Elementary1.5 mi · 972
- Fairhope High School2.0 mi · 1,536
- Fairhope Middle School2.2 mi · 775
- J Larry Newton School3.8 mi · 804
- Baldwin County Virtual School4.2 mi · 298
- W J Carroll Intermediate School4.8 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Fairhope East ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fairhope East Elementary?
Fairhope East Elementary enrolls approximately 913 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Fairhope East Elementary serve?
Fairhope East Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Fairhope East Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Fairhope East Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fairhope East Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairhope East Elementary are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Fairhope East Elementary public or private?
Fairhope East Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.