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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177001923
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3203 RHODE ISLAND AVE, FORT PIERCE, FL 34947 · (772) 468-5345 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
373 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
83.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
What 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.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.9pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
653
+31 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.5:1
% White
32%
was 43%
% Hispanic
38%
was 26%
% Black
26%
was 26%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in FORT PIERCE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE, caters to 653 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
ST. LUCIE runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 49,308 students. FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 32% White, 26% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.5%; FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 80.4%, +27.9 points above that line.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Lucie County put median household earnings sit near $71,457, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Looking at the recent track record. FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 622 (now 653). Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in FORT PIERCE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMYHigh · 1,667 students
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESElementary · 786 students
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST0.4 mi · 46
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 765
- PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.0 mi · 87
- ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 722
- DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 657
- DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX1.4 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 32% White, 38% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.