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FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 83.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 85.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
Where FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #152 of 2,136 | #1 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #180 of 2,149 | #2 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #254 of 2,149 | #3 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #860 of 2,267 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,091 of 2,077 | #6 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #295 of 2,108 | #18 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #446 of 621 | #17 of 22 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 653 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 57% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 57% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 64% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 57% (357) |
About FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In FORT PIERCE, Florida, part of St. Lucie County, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. There are 653 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
ST. LUCIE counts 53 schools and 49,308 students, including FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Hispanic students account for 38% of enrollment at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other students are 32% White, 26% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, St. Lucie County residents are about 22% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 69%.
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.9:1. The school's 15.9:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. That is in line with the 57% average for public schools in St. Lucie County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida schools. It scores 80.4%; the prediction is 52.5%.
For St. Lucie County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,457 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in St. Lucie County number 57, with about 50,809 students.
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. By average proficiency, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st among 5 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% increase took enrollment from 622 in 2017-18 to 653 in 2024-25. Among racial and ethnic groups, the biggest change was Hispanic students, from 26% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.5:1 to 15.9:1.
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