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What's the most underrated thing about Fairview Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULLMAN COUNTY·NCES 010102000396
Fairview Elementary School
700 Wesley Ave N, Cullman, AL 35058 · (256) 796-6304 · Cullman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
320 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
70.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
37.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Fairview Elementary School
Fairview Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary School this school | 601 | 53.2% | 53.2% |
| Valley Junior High School Jasper | 602 | 55.0% | 49.1% |
| Slocomb Elementary School Slocomb | 609 | 54.8% | 64.9% |
| DanvilleNeel Elementary School Danville | 504 | 53.6% | 65.3% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Cleveland | 499 | 46.7% | 67.8% |
| New Brockton Elementary School New Brockton | 727 | 49.5% | 59.4% |
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 Fairview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Cullman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #269 of 626 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #337 of 626 | #9 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #225 of 626 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #174 of 709 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #528 of 655 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #451 of 658 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #439 of 696 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #208 of 262 | #7 of 10 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
601
+52 (+9%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 601 | 32.1 | 18.7:1 | 53% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 66% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 32 | 19.2:1 | 66% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 46% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 59% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 64% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 61% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 51% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (577 to 601); teachers down 6% (34 to 32.1).
About Fairview Elementary School
Fairview Elementary School serves students in Cullman, Alabama, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 601 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 25% higher than the average for elementary schools in Alabama, which is about 480.
The 25 schools of Cullman County, including Fairview Elementary School, enroll 9,901 students.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at Fairview Elementary School. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic. Cullman County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school's share is lower. Fairview Elementary School has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Fairview Elementary School employs 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.7:1. That ratio is over the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25.
Fairview Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.2% is 8.0 points above the 45.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Cullman County has about 90,566 residents, and median household income is about $62,656, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cullman County number 34 and enroll about 13,144.
Fairview Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.6% on proficiency, and Fairview Elementary School is above that at 53.2%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 549 to 601. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cullman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cullman County
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Holly Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Cold Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- West Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other schools in Cullman
- Cullman High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Cullman City Primary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- West Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Cullman Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 63.
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairfax Station, VA · 751 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview, PA · 707 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 677 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairview, NC · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview Middle School0.1 mi · 291
- Fairview High School0.1 mi · 512
- Parkside Elementary School4.6 mi · 379
- Holly Pond High School6.8 mi · 278
- Holly Pond Elementary School6.8 mi · 634
- Eva School6.9 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fairview Elementary School serve?
Fairview Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Fairview Elementary School have?
Fairview Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Fairview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fairview Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fairview Elementary School in?
Fairview Elementary School is part of Cullman County.
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